| Free School proposals |
| Monday, 06 September 2010 |
| Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Education, has laid a Written Ministerial Statement informing Parliament that the first 16 Free School proposals are ready to progress to the next stage of the process. |
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| Admissions lottery |
| Friday, 03 September 2010 |
| Brighton & Hove's controversial school admissions lottery system has failed in one of its key aims, that of giving deprived children equal access to better performing schools, according to a study by academics from the Institute of Education, London and the University of Bristol. |
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| Academies |
| Wednesday, 01 September 2010 |
| Michael Gove, Education Secretary, has announced that 142 schools have accepted the Government's offer on becoming academies since the Academies Act became law just over a month ago. |
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| Fostering consultation |
| Friday, 27 August 2010 |
| The DfE has opened a consultation on the regulations governing fostering services, children's homes providers and adoption and fostering panels, and on the statutory guidance on children's homes and fostering. |
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| Absenteeism statistics |
| Thursday, 26 August 2010 |
| Schools Minister, Nick Gibb, has welcomed a small fall in the overall absence rate in all schools, while recognisisng that the level of absenteeism is still too high.
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| Teachers' pay |
| Monday, 23 August 2010 |
| The Department for Education has issued School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 2010. |
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| Child poverty consultation report |
| Wednesday, 18 August 2010 |
| The Government has issued a report on, and response to, the formal consultation held on the draft statutory guidance for local duties on child poverty which were introduced by the Child Poverty Act 2010.
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| NEET statistics |
| Wednesday, 18 August 2010 |
| The Department for Education has issued a Quarterly Brief on NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) statistics. |
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| Children missing from education |
| Tuesday, 17 August 2010 |
| Ofsted has issued a report highlighting the challenges local authorities face in identifying and tracking children who are missing from education. |
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