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From Secretary of State for Education
  • Preferred candidate for Chair of Office for Students announced

    Secretary of State for Education confirms Sir Michael Barber as the government’s preferred candidate to become the Chair of the OfS.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Education Secretary visit to Arsenal football club

    Joint literacy partnership announced to improve educational achievements for children in north London.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Justine Greening: education at the core of social mobility

    Education Secretary sets out the role of education in removing obstacles to social mobility and ensuring young people fulfil their potential.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Education Secretary announces 6 new opportunity areas

    Opportunity areas will create local partnerships with early years providers, schools, colleges, universities, businesses, charities and LAs.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Families to benefit from £50 million boost to childcare schemes

    Thousands of new childcare places for working parents will be created thanks to a £50 million scheme announced by the Education Secretary.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Government backs projects to help safeguard vulnerable children

    Nine projects have been awarded share of grant worth more than £2 million.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • New Ofqual chair announced

    Roger Taylor will take up the post early in the New Year.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Plans to end the postcode lottery of school funding revealed

    Fairer funding proposals published so that every child is funded according to their needs

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • UK-China ties flourish at 2016 High Level People to People Dialogue

    UK-China collaboration has moved from strength to strength, with a wave of groundbreaking agreements at the 2016 UK-China High Level People-to-People Dialogue.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Education Secretary visits Blackpool on opportunity areas tour

    Blackpool is one of the first 6 areas across the country that will receive additional funding to identify ways of driving social mobility.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • New funding for school improvement

    The government announces new funding to address underperformance and help ensure every child has a good school place.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Justine Greening: supporting social workers and our care system

    Education Secretary speaks about children's social care at the National Adult and Children's Services (NCAS) Conference 2016.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Education Secretary announces extra investment in social care

    Justine Greening sets out her vision for giving vulnerable children the best possible start to life.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Supporting apprenticeships

    Written ministerial statement by Education Secretary Justine Greening on reforms to the apprenticeship funding system from May 2017.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Primary education

    Written ministerial statement by Education Secretary Justine Greening on primary education

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Social mobility package unveiled by Education Secretary

    New opportunity areas across England will receive £60 million of funding to help local children get the best start in life.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • More choice as over 80,000 new free school places created

    Biggest wave of free school approvals this Parliament – helping to deliver the government’s goal of opening 500 new free schools by 2020.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Building a school system that works for everyone

    New proposals to create a 21st-century school system that works for everyone have been unveiled by Education Secretary Justine Greening.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Thousands more children to benefit from anti-bullying app

    £4.4 million government fund backs projects including tootoot app to let children use screenshots of online abuse to report bullying.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Fairer early years funding plan launched

    A plan to deliver a fairer funding system for nurseries, preschools and childminders will help support families with the cost of childcare.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government