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Twinkl is a global educational publisher and solution provider, used extensively by educators and parents across the UK and America, as well as in over 190 countries and territories around the world. The company was founded in Sheffield, UK, in 2010, with the mission of ‘helping those who teach’. Today, Twinkl offers over one and a half ...
Free schools, introduced by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition, are newly established schools in England set up by parents, teachers, charities or businesses, where there is a perceived local need for more schools. They are funded by taxpayers, are academically non-selective and free to attend, and like Foundation schools and Academies ...
The Education Act 2002 sets out the statutory duty for schools to offer a school curriculum that is balanced and broad-based, that "promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school and of society" and that prepares pupils for the "opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life". The ...
Education in the United Kingdom is a devolved matter, with each of the countries of the United Kingdom having separate systems under separate governments. The UK Government is responsible for England, whilst the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive are responsible for Scotland, [6] Wales [7] and Northern Ireland, respectively.
The Education Act 2011 (c. 21) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It was the first major piece of education legislation to be introduced by the coalition government, and makes changes to many areas of educational policy, including the power of school staff to discipline students, the manner in which newly trained teachers are supervised, the regulation of qualifications, the ...
Blakelaw Comprehensive was the first school in the programme, reopening with a new headteacher as Firfield Community School in 1998 [1]. The Fresh Start programme, also known as the Fresh Start scheme, is an educational initiative in England, Wales [2] and Northern Ireland [3] introduced by the first Blair government in 1998. [4]
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The Education Act 2005 (c. 18) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.Introduced under the second Tony Blair government, it was enacted in order to simplify the process of school improvement, strengthening the accountability framework for schools, in particular by amending the approach used by Ofsted when inspecting schools in England.