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Latest speeches
Tim Loughton at the National Youth Agency / LGG conference
Tim Loughton speaks at the National Youth Agency/LGG conference on youth and children's services.
Speech 27 January 2012
Michael Gove speech at the BETT Show 2012
Michael Gove gives a speech at the BETT Show 2012 on ICT in the National Curriculum
Speech Michael Gove, 11 January 2012
Nick Gibb speech on school improvement
Schools Minister Nick Gibb’s speech to the North of England Education Conference – 6 January 2012.
Speech 06 January 2012
Latest news
Highest quality qualifications in Performance Tables
Announcement that qualifications counting in Performance Tables will be reduced from 3,175 to 125.
Press notice 31 January 2012
New data reveals the truth about school performance
Press notice setting out the secondary school performance tables for GCSE and A level exams.
Press notice 26 January 2012
Thousands of schools sign up for phonics funding
Thousands of primary schools have already signed up to spend more than £7.7 million on new phonics products and training to drive up their pupils’ standards of reading, new Department for Education figures show today.
Press notice 19 January 2012
