Department for Education
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Prime Minister announces support for families
Announcement about new support to help families, including parenting classes and relationship support.
Government sets out case for reforming teachers’ pay
Education Secretary Michael Gove has today submitted evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) – the independent body which makes recommendations on teachers’ pay reforms.
Hundreds of employers bid for £250m skills training pilot
The Government's Employer Ownership pilot received 269 bids for a share of a £250m fund allocated to routing public investment directly to employers for investment in skills and training required to grow their businesses.
The changes to SEN support for 2014
Parents will have a new right to buy in specialist special educational needs (SEN) and disabled care for children from 2014, the biggest change to SEN for 30 years.
Parents given power of veto on schools’ use of biometrics
New advice to schools will make clear that they will no longer be able to use pupils’ biometric data without parental consent. The advice, launched today for consultation, comes into effect from September 2013.
Adoption scorecards show the extent of delays across England
Hundreds of children are forced to wait an average of 20 months from entering care to moving in with their adoptive parents – six months slower than the timetable set out in national guidance, according to official figures published today.
Ending the Ofsted annual Children’s Services Assessment
The Government has today laid the draft Legislative Reform (Annual Review of Local Authorities) Order before Parliament. This will remove the requirement on Ofsted to conduct annual assessments of local authority children’s services.
Children and Families Bill to give families support
Information about how the Children and Families Bill will help parents, families and children/young people with SEN.
Protecting children from commercialisation and sexualisation
The Government has today set out new measures protect children from the creeping tide of commercialisation and sexualisation in society.
Statement on the Priory Federation
The Department has made a statement on the Priory Federation of Academies Trust.
More secondary students studying core academic subjects
Notice about the increase in uptake of English Baccalaureate subjects at secondary level.
Managing learning resources
This section contains information about the extensive range of learning resources available for students of different ages.
Meetings with management information suppliers
A collection of notes and slides from regular joint meetings with Children's Services Statutory Returns software suppliers.
Materials and documentation to support CIN
An example of a leaflet from Tower Hamlets LA, to demonstrate its progress on the Children in Need Census (CIN).
Children in Need (CIN) Census conferences
A page containing information and handouts for a series of Children in Need (CIN) Census conferences held in November/December 2009 in Leeds, Birmingham and London.
Children in Need census (CIN) review
Information about the Children in Need census review announced in September 2010, which is due to report at the end of March 2011.
2009-10 CIN Census status updates
Information on Children In Need status updates which can be viewed via the links on this page.
CIN for 2009-10 - technical tools and guidance
Information on the technical aspects of collating the information required for the 2009-10 Children In Need census.
CIN for 2009-10: Specification and guidance
Links to the technical specification, guidance notes, FAQs and related guidance documents for the 2009-10 Children In Need census.
CLA newsletters
Access to a collection of downloadable newsletters designed to update LAs on developments regarding CLA, introduce new materials and respond to issues likely to affect some or all LAs.