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Press release: First ever chief social worker for children and fast-track training to lead social work reform(External site)
Education Secretary Michael Gove today announced the appointment of a children's chief social worker and a new fast-track training programme for top graduates.
Article on GOV.UK17 May 2013
Press release: New grammar, punctuation and spelling test will raise children’s literacy standards(External site)
Education Minister Elizabeth Truss said the rigorous new spelling, grammar and punctuation test would raise standards for all children.
Article on GOV.UK14 May 2013
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Press release: School Direct figures published today(External site)
More than 22,000 graduates have applied to become teachers via the School Direct programme, Department for Education figures published today show.
Article on GOV.UK07 May 2013
We have moved our corporate content – including news, speeches and publications – onto GOV.UK.
The adoption passport on the First4Adoption website sets out in one place the help and support available to adopters.
What schools need to know – updated timeline summer term 2013.
Details about our current tender to develop training materials on fostering and adoption for social workers in England.
NCA tools open for teacher assessment submissions. Deadline for submitting key stages 2 and 3 data is 28 June.
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