DfE Latest News
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News Flash
15/05/12 - Families to be given personal budgets for special educational needs support
21/03/11 - Statement from Michael Gove on STRB recommendations
04/03/11 - Education Bill now in Commons Committee
10/11/10 - Gove: BSF sample projects get go-ahead and further confirmation given to academies - Education Secretary Michael Gove has announced the go-ahead for a series of new school projects.
05/11/10 - Update on academies and Free Schools - The Department has today published updates on the schools that have converted to academy status and the Free School proposals approved to progress to the business case stage .
20/10/10 - Revised play capital allocations for local authorities
20/10/10 - Michael Gove announces changes to the specialist schools programme
20/10/10 - Refocusing sport in schools to build a lasting legacy of the 2012 Games
20/10/10 - The Department for Education has released a detailed education summary of the DfE Spending Review . See the full DfE Press Release.
13/10/10 - Sarah Teather to the 4Children conference - Children’s Minister Sarah Teather speaks to the 4Children conference ‘What does Big Society mean for children and families?’ on the Big Society and the importance of supporting families and building communities.
01/10/10 - Munro review of child protection: Analysis of the problems
- Professor Eileen Munro identifies areas for improvement in her first report of the review of the child protection system in England.
30/09/10 - Children in Care and Children in Need statistics
- Children's Minister Tim Loughton responds to published figures regarding children in LA care at the end of March 2010 and children subject to a child protection plan in 2009-10.
24/09/10 - Michael Gove announces review of music education
- Gove: 'All children should have the chance to learn an instrument.'
23/09/10 - End of form-filling signals a new trust in teachers
- Education Secretary Michael Gove announces that he has asked Ofsted to scrap the school Self Evaluation Form (SEF) process.
10/09/10 - SEN and disability Green Paper: Government calls for views - Ministers are considering how to ensure parents can send their child with special educational needs (SEN) or disabilities to their preferred educational setting
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