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The Department for Education is responsible for children’s services and education, including early years, schools, higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England.

Our vision is to provide world-class education, training and care for everyone, whatever their background. It will make sure that everyone has the chance to reach their potential, and live a more fulfilled life. It will also create a more productive economy, so that our country is fit for the future.

We are responsible for:
- teaching and learning for children in the early years and in primary schools
- teaching and learning for young people in secondary schools
- teaching, learning and training for young people and adults in apprenticeships, traineeships and further education
- teaching and learning for young people and adults in higher education
- supporting professionals who work with children, young people and adult learners
- helping disadvantaged children and young people to achieve more
- making sure that local services protect and support children

We’ll develop world-class education with the following principles:
- ensure our academic standards match and keep pace with key comparator nations
- strive to bring our technical education standards in line with leading international systems
- ensure that education builds character, resilience and well-being
To be achieved through:
- always remembering that in education and care, by far the most important factor is the people delivering it – so we will strive to recruit, develop and retain the best
- prioritising in all that we do the people and places left behind and the most disadvantaged
- protecting the autonomy of institutions by intervening only where clear boundaries are crossed
- making every pound of our funding count
- Read our single departmental plan to find out more about how we are performing against our objectives.

We are a ministerial department supported by 19 agencies and public bodies and non-ministerial departments.
Our staff are based at our ministerial offices in London and in a number of other locations around England.
We work closely with:
- national and local agencies who look after children
- local authorities professionals who work in schools and further and higher education institutions, children’s services and health services
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Geographical Region
London

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Extra places on medical and dentistry courses to support NHS workforce of the future

Cap adjusted to allow over 9,000 places on medical and dentistry courses for 2021 student intake Universities working to create additional places for students that achieve the grades on vital courses Backed by up to £10m in government support for the teaching of high-cost courses Medical and dentistry schools across England will get additional funding to expand courses for the coming academic year to fulfil more offers for UK students who achieve the required grades.

Education and Skills Funding Agency review to be led by Professor Sir David Bell, to ensure continued effectiveness

The Education and Skills Funding Agency (@ESFAgov) is to be reviewed as part of a wider programme across Government to ensure it remains effective into the future.

Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith CBE has been appointed as the new chair of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith CBE who is a former FTSE 250 CEO and leading force at the British Chambers of Commerce, has been announced as the new Institute chair (@IFAteched).

Over 120 universities awarded grants under £110million Turing Scheme – as well as over 200 schools and colleges

40,000 students will be able to study and work abroad thanks to the government’s new Turing Scheme, with universities and schools due to be told this week that their bids for funding have been successful.

£7 million cash boost to create new flexi-job approach to apprenticeships

Flexi-job apprenticeships: Reshaping the role of new flexi-job apprenticeship training agencies £7 million fund launched to support more flexible apprenticeships opportunities in sectors including the creative industries, digital and construction

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