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Secretary of State comments on iGCSEs, new powers for teachers and scrapping bureaucracy.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The Secretary of State for Education sets out the importance of comparing English schools with the best in the world.
Kamaljit Singh and Terry Connor have been re-appointed to Cafcass for a second term.
Education Secretary Michael Gove gives an oral statement to the House on curriculum, exam and accountability reform.
Information on a new national poetry competition and poetry anthology for students aged 14 to 19 years.
Details of Michael Gove’s announcement that computer science will be included in the EBacc.
Changes will allow free schools to concentrate on education not bureaucracy and will give parents peace of mind.
Information on new measures to reduce planning red tape so free schools find it easier to convert underused buildings into schools.
Michael Gove wrote about future changes to A level structure, including the development of new AS levels as a standalone qualification.
Information on a new free school run by Exeter University and Exeter College and specialising in mathematics.
Information on plans for the National College for School Leadership to merge with the Teaching Agency.
Information on plans to give schools more freedom over how they pay their teachers.
Information on how many schools in England are currently academies or in the process of becoming academies.
Details of the appointment of Lord Nash as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools.
Information on a new deal with the IT giant Microsoft which will bring discounts and better licensing terms for schools.
Information on the announcement of a new incentive to attract top graduates into teaching maths.
The Secretary of State for Education's advice to teachers regarding unions' current 'work to rule' industrial action.
Details about new projects which will employ former armed forces personnel to inspire disengaged pupils.
Pupils will be encouraged to learn poems by heart by taking part in a new national competition.
The School Teachers' Review Body (STRB) has called on the government to link teachers’ pay more closely to their performance.
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