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Inspections have started in Norfolk to find out why the county has a disproportionate number of under-performing schools.
Inspections to find out why the city has a disproportionate number of under-performing primary schools and whether the picture is improving.
Thousands of vocational courses could be dropped from college and school sixth-form performance tables as part of reforms to raise education standards, Skills Minister Matthew Hancock said today.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The Chief Inspector of Ofsted said it was "encouraging" that more schools improved last term under its tough new inspection arrangements.
Coalition government publishes new data about the performance and expenditure of secondary schools in England.
Teams of Ofsted inspectors have today begun a week of co-ordinated inspections in Portsmouth.
Following focused inspections of 10 Derby schools earlier this month Ofsted writes to Derby City Council to advise of the findings.
Education Secretary Michael Gove gives an oral statement to the House on curriculum, exam and accountability reform.
Details on the latest figures showing how the academies programme is driving the improvement of many previously underperforming schools.
Details on the latest figures showing how the pupil premium is narrowing the achievement gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers.
David Laws speech at the Local Government Association (LGA) education conference.
News on a bid to improve standards in primary schools.
Information about the repeal of the duty on Ofsted to conduct an annual Children’s Services Assessment of each local authority in England.
Parents can now see every secondary school in England's performance in each GCSE subject to help choose the right school for their children.
Announcement that qualifications counting in performance pables will be reduced from 3,175 to 125.
Press notice setting out the secondary school performance tables for GCSE and A level exams.
Removing satisfactory judgement will help tackle coasting schools that have remained satisfactory over a number of inspections.
Schools Minister Lord Hill writes to 'The Guardian' on underperforming schools and academies.
New focus on the highest quality qualifications and more information to be published in transparent school league tables.
Following last week's publication of the secondary school performance tables the Schools Minister, Nick Gibb, has written to 100 headteachers to offer his congratulations on their results.
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