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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

£19 million vital support for care leavers announced6 hours 55 minutes ago
Helping schools to support pupils with special needs18 hours 56 minutes ago
Early Years Foundation Stage Profile and the Review of Support for Disabled University Students4 days ago
EBacc entry rates hit the highest level yet5 days ago
Destinations of KS4 and 16 to 18 (KS5) students: 20185 days ago
TSM and initial teacher training allocations: 2020 to 20215 days ago
A level and other 16 to 18 results: 2018 to 2019 (provisional)5 days ago
Early years foundation stage profile results: 2018 to 20195 days ago
Key stage 4 performance, 2019 (provisional)5 days ago
Funding for adoptive families and children6 days ago

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£19 million vital support for care leavers announced

#ECLCM - Multi-million pound settlement and cross-Government action announced to help young #CareLeavers £10 million to create stable homes for care leavers as they become adults £6 million to support young people leaving care to live independently £3 million pupil premium plus to help care leavers into further education 1,000 new paid internships for care leavers by 2022 in the police, fire service, defence civilian roles, and health service to help these young people into skilled employment Access to better housing, healthcare and employment opportunities are at the core of a new multi-million pound settlement to improve the life chances of vulnerable young people leaving care.

EBacc entry rates hit the highest level yet

The proportion of pupils taking the core EBacc GCSE subjects that equip young people with the skills they will need for future success is at its highest level yet.

£5.75 million #CareerTech Challenge launches to help develop cutting-edge solutions to improve the quality and efficiency of online training and career guidance

Get Help to Retrain service continues its phased rollout and is now available in six major cities and regions across England. The pioneering service – which forms part of the National Retraining Scheme – aims to support adults whose jobs are at risk of changing to kick start a new career

EDUCATION SECRETARY ANNOUNCES NEW GOVERNMENT DRIVE TO FIND MORE ADOPTIVE PARENTS

Adoptive families and children are set to benefit from a multi-million pound investment into programmes aimed at helping them overcome past trauma, the Education Secretary announced in a speech today.

Teacher workload slashed by five hours a week over past three years

Reduction in workload driven by decrease in time spent on marking, planning and other non-teaching tasks and more support for teachers with flexible working resources and a trial of timesaving technologies to help work-life balance Teachers’ working hours have fallen by five hours per week over the past three years, according to research published today (Fri 11 Oct).