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Best Start Family Hubs: what parents need to know 

Smiling parents with young children at a Best Start Family Hub, promoting early years support. Department for Education banner with text: 'Best Start Family Hubs: What Parents Need to Know'

Best Start Family Hubs: what parents need to know 

Getting the best start in life shouldn't depend on postcode. That's why we are rolling out Best Start Family Hubs across the country.  These hubs are part of a wider Best Start in Life strategy, backed by over £900 million over the next …

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Gender identity in schools

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 22 June 2016 - Categories: Behaviour, Equalities, Myth busting, Transgender, Uniforms

There have been a number of misleading stories in the media recently about how schools address issues relating to gender identity and gender reassignment, and the Government’s role in this area.

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Education in the media: 21 June 2016

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 21 June 2016 - Categories: Behaviour, School places
the hands of children on playground apparatus

...last July which places a legal duty on public sector organisations, to have 'due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.' The paper’s editorial points...

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Education in the media: 20 June 2016

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 20 June 2016 - Categories: Curriculum, Equalities, Exams and qualifications, Literacy

Today’s education news review looks at an NUT survey about primary assessment and Ministerial commentary about Portsmouth Pride over the weekend.

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Responses to the Sunday Times: 19 June 2016

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 19 June 2016 - Categories: Breaking news, Equalities, Independent schools, Term time holidays
Girl writing

...Sunday Times reports that Surrey County Council has hired a barrister in a term time holiday court case involving a mother who refused to pay a £60 fine. The piece...

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Caroline Dinenage: Pride in our progress

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 18 June 2016 - Categories: Equalities, Ministerial commentary

...weekend Ben will be joining over 15,000 same-sex couples who have come together to make a lasting commitment to share their lives together when he marries his partner, Francis. A...

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Education in the media: 17 June 2016

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 17 June 2016 - Categories: Attainment gap, Independent schools, Ofsted, Term time holidays
Classroom

Today’s education news review includes coverage on term time holidays, the pupil premium and an Islamic independent school in Birmingham.

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Education in the media: 16 June 2016

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 16 June 2016 - Categories: Academies, Literacy, Ofsted
Library

Today’s news review looks at coverage of Ofsted Chief, Sir Michael Wilshaw, and National Schools Commissioner, Sir David Carter's comments on Multi Academy Trusts and a survey by Oxford University Press about reading in schools.

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Education in the media: 15 June 2016

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 15 June 2016 - Categories: Admissions, Childcare, School places

Today’s news review looks at coverage of our school offer statistics and a Public Accounts Committee report on our free childcare offer. School offer statistics Yesterday, Tuesday 14 June, we...

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Response to school applications and offers statistics

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 14 June 2016 - Categories: Admissions, Breaking news, School places

...in 2016/17. Almost 20,000 more secondary pupils got their first choice place in 2016/17 than in 2010/11. 20,000 more primary pupils got their first choice place than for 2014/15 –...

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Education in the media: 14 June 2016

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 14 June 2016 - Categories: Equalities

Today’s news review includes Education Secretary Nicky Morgan’s attendance at the vigil held for the victims of the shooting in Orlando.

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The Education Hub is a site for parents, pupils, education professionals and the media that captures all you need to know about the education system. You’ll find accessible, straightforward information on popular topics, Q&As, interviews, case studies, and more.

Please note that for media enquiries, journalists should call our central Newsdesk on 020 7783 8300. This media-only line operates from Monday to Friday, 8am to 7pm. Outside of these hours the number will divert to the duty media officer.

Members of the public should call our general enquiries line on 0370 000 2288.

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