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Michael Gove writing in 'The Sun': "Every child deserves a loving home. Yet for too many this fundamental right is just a dream."
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Written ministerial statement by Education Secretary Michael Gove on the allocation of extra £500 million to address the shortage in pupil places, and the launch of the consultation on school premises regulations.
The Secretary of State has written to Graham Stuart, chairman of the Education Select Committee.
Sir David Bell will be leaving the Department for Education at the end of the year to take up post as Vice Chancellor of the University of Reading.
Sir Michael Wilshaw is the Secretary of State's preferred choice for the post of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector.
Gove: “Free School and UTC pioneers are leading a revolution in the education system – this is vital for our economic growth.”
The highly successful Mossbourne Academy is to open a brand new academy in Hackney.
Nearly 1.2 million children in England now attend academies – schools with the freedom to meet the needs of their pupils, rather than answering to local or national politicians and bureaucrats.
The Secretary of State speaks about the need to reform vocational education and announces a review of 14 to 19 vocational education.
Education Secretary speech on Teaching Schools: 'Learning from the best, inspiring others'.
A press notice on the 24 free schools opening in September 2011.
Michael Gove writing in the 'Evening Standard': "By allowing teachers, not bureaucrats, to run schools, we have given the people who know most about education the chance to make an even bigger difference."
More children will have the opportunity of a great education as record numbers of weak schools are turned into academies this year.
The Secretary of State talks about the making of an 'educational underclass'.
Figures reveal how the new English Baccalaureate is increasing the proportion of pupils taking core academic subjects.
The Government is giving parents new opportunities to put their child in a great local school by announcing that 24 free schools will open in September this year.
Biographies of the new appointees to Ofsted's Board.
The Secretary of State sets out how the Government will ensure that education funding is better targeted in the future.
Michael Gove accepts all the recommendations of Lord Bew’s independent review of testing, assessment and accountability at the end of primary school.
Government’s response to the review and how the recommendations will be taken forward.
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