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The Secretary of State for Education announces the publication of the national curriculum to be taught in England from September 2014.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Education Secretary Michael Gove sets out plans for the national curriculum.
Education Minister Elizabeth Truss said the rigorous new spelling, grammar and punctuation test would raise standards for all children.
Plans in the new National Curriculum to provide pupils with a better understanding of all climate issues, including climate change.
New funding to improve coaching for primary school pupils.
A new firm but fair primary school floor standard will drive up standards and prepare children for secondary school, Schools Minister David Laws announced today.
News on a bid to improve standards in primary schools.
News on the reaction to the Department for Education’s proposal to make foreign languages compulsory for pupils aged 7 to 11.
The Education Minister calls for a renaissance in maths to help meet the demand of UK employers, and announces the removal of calculators from key stage 2 tests.
On 9 November 2012, Education and Childcare Minister Elizabeth Truss announced that calculators would be banned in maths tests for 11-year-olds from 2014.
Find out the results of tests in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school in summer 2012.
Projects to be set up across England to help disadvantaged pupils who are below the expected level of English by the end of primary school.
Details of changes to the primary national curriculum.
Mathematics: made to measure emphasises the importance for every pupil to have the best possible mathematics education.
Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, issues a national challenge to drive up stalled standards of literacy and English.
Gove announces the scrapping the existing ICT curriculum to introduce new courses of study in computer science.
The results of more than 16,000 schools’ key stage 2 tests – taken by 11-year-olds this May – were published today.
Schools Minister Nick Gibb has said the use of calculators in primary schools would be looked at as part of the national curriculum review.
The Minister of State for schools comments on statistics which show that children are struggling in core subjects.
Schools Minister Nick Gibb announces that the Standards and Testing Agency will commence operating on Monday 3rd October.
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