The Government wants all young people to be happy, healthy and safe; equipping them for adult life and to make a positive contribution to

The Department frequently reviews the adequacy of funding across its sectors.

The Equality Act (2010) provides a single, consolidated source of anti-discrimination law, covering all the types of discrimination that

Since 2010, 921,000 school places have been created and the Government is on track to increase that to a million by the end of this decad

The admissions system works well and the vast majority of parents will be allocated a place at one of their preference schools.

The reformed National Curriculum makes it compulsory for pupils in maintained schools to be taught a foreign language in Key Stage 2, and

The Department has provided the information requested in the attached table, showing a regional breakdown of Condition Improvement Fund (

To complete teacher training courses and become a qualified teacher, trainees must meet the standards set out in the ‘teachers’ standards

The information requested is not held centrally.

Of the 673 new schools built by the Department by February 2019, 289 were built under the Priority Schools Building Programme, and 384 fr