Welcome
The purpose of the Department for Children, Schools and Families is to make this the best place in the world for children and young people to grow up. We want to:
- make children and young people happy and healthy
- keep them safe and sound
- give them a top class education
- help them stay on track.
Our Children’s Plan sets out how we can
achieve our ambitions.
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Ed Balls at the Association of School and College Leaders conference, March 2010
News headlines
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Independent review of child performance regulations
Ed Balls welcomes recommendations to help children make the most of opportunities while protecting their well-being
19 March 2010
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Teachers have the power to confiscate mephedrone
Vernon Coaker writes to all schools in England to underline the law over seizing inappropriate items from pupils
19 March 2010
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BSF programme transforming education
Better behaviour and aspirations in schools in Building Schools for the Future programme, says independent report
18 March 2010
