On Monday 26th March, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education hosted the Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills, Anne Milton MP, who presented an overview of her work at the Department for Education, including a summary of the 2017 Careers Strategy. Nic Dakin MP, co-chair of the APPG, opened the floor, and introduced the …
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Jul 19 2013
Primary School Accountability
On the 10th July 2013, the APPG for Education met for its AGM, during which it discussed Primary School Accountability and Assessment. The meeting was addressed by Benedict Coffin from the Department for Education’s Assessment Division, and Avril Newman, headteacher of the Sir William Burrough School in Tower Hamlets. These are the minutes of that …
Jul 17 2013
DfE: Step-change in ambition for primary schools will raise standards for all
Following on from the APPG’s meeting on Primary School Accountability last week, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Schools Minister David Laws today launched a consultation setting out proposals to reform the way primary schools are held to account and raise standards for all. The Department for Education published the following press release: The new …