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From The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss
  • Elizabeth Truss speech to the Daycare Trust conference

    A speech given by Elizabeth Truss at the Daycare Trust conference on 4 December 2012.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Top providers urged to get ready for two-year-old education offer

    Local authority allocations to deliver 15 hours a week early education for 130,000 two-year-olds have been published.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Overwhelming support for foreign languages plan

    News on the reaction to the Department for Education’s proposal to make foreign languages compulsory for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Elizabeth Truss is interviewed by Nursery World magazine

    Extracts from Nursery World’s interview with Elizabeth Truss, Minister for Education and Childcare.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Elizabeth Truss calls for a renaissance in maths

    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.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government bans calculators in tests for 11-year-olds

    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.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Twice as many students now taking key academic subjects thanks to the EBacc

    Information on the success of the English Baccalaureate.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Phonics reading check and key stage 1 results published

    National, regional and local authority results for the year 1 phonics reading check and key stage 1 results are published today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Key stage 2 test results published

    Find out the results of tests in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school in summer 2012.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government