Sentences with phrase «introduced by the education secretary»

... But a rule change introduced by Education Secretary Michael Gove now means schools can offer poor children places ahead of better - off youngsters who live nearer — with heads picking up hundreds of pounds in extra funding.»

Extra flexibility was introduced by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan in September 2015 which allowed head teachers the freedom to give larger pay rises to the best or most experienced teaching staff.

The awards, introduced by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan in 2015, celebrate excellence and diversity in character education, recognising that character is already being encouraged, nurtured and developed alongside academic rigour through a variety of programmes inside and outside schools across the country.

The strategic school improvement fund was first introduced by the education secretary Justine Greening in November 2016, as part of a package of resources to support the school system and encourage greater collaboration between academies and maintained schools.

Not exact matches

Appointed parliamentary secretary for pensions by Winston Churchill, in the coalition government of 1940, she went on to become minister for Education in the landmark Attlee government of 1945, introducing free milk for schoolchildren and raising the school leaving age.

Commenting on this year's GCSE results, NUT Secretary, David Evans, said: «This has been a difficult year for education in Wales with huge upheaval due to policy reforms introduced by the Welsh Government which are still bedding in.

The education secretary said the government would consult on the reforms this autumn, with a view to introducing the new examination system for 15 - and 16 - year - olds by the end of the parliament.

The Labour government, led by Tony Blair, introduced the law in 1998 that banned the opening of new grammar schools in England, but new Education Secretary Justine Greening said that the government should be «open minded» about repealing the ban, citing that the education landscape had changed dramatically over the past fEducation Secretary Justine Greening said that the government should be «open minded» about repealing the ban, citing that the education landscape had changed dramatically over the past feducation landscape had changed dramatically over the past few years.

WASHINGTON — Jaime Escalante, the Los Angeles teacher who has become a national celebrity, was introduced last week by Secretary of Education William J. Bennett to a Washington audience previewing the new movie that depicts Mr. Escalante's work at James A. Garfield High School.

Reforms to school funding was scheduled to be introduced by 2017/18, but Education Secretary Justine Greening pushed back plans when she took over the role in July, saying they would not be implemented until 2018/19.

The new GCSE grading scheme is part and parcel of a new curriculum which was introduced in England's schools in 2014 by the then Education Secretary Michael Gove.

In one of the sections of the skit, though, «Spicer» introduces «Betsy DeVos» — portrayed by Kate McKinnon and also just today confirmed as President Trump's Secretary of Education — to answer some very simple questions about today's public schools which she, well, very simply could not answer.

First introduced in 2015 by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, the awards celebrate excellence and diversity in this field, recognising that character is already being encouraged, nurtured and developed alongside academic rigour through a variety of programmes inside and outside schools across the country.

One has been introduced by Republican State Representative Candelora (R - 86th District) who was one of only two Connecticut state legislators to sign a recent letter in support of Secretary of Education designate Betsy DeVos.

Artists including Tracey Emin, Rachel Whiteread, Phyllida Barlow, Anish Kapoor, Jeremy Deller and Antony Gormley have signed a letter, published by the Guardian, calling on the government to rethink a key secondary school policy introduced by the former education secretary Michael Gove.