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Faith schools could be outlawed after Jewish test case, says Balls

Tories still 'doing down' state schools, says Balls

Cabinet ministers join scramble to pay back money

We want to be chancellor but can't do expenses

Mixed fortunes, but key roles for a golden couple

Balls ‘sexed up’ evidence to discredit me, says Sats head

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Database of every child is approved

06.11.09

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Information children desperately want

05.11.09

SOME parents with strong religious views will be furious that Ed Balls is about to force their children to learn about sex. But many more will be secretly relieved.... more

Compulsory sex and drugs classes aged five

05.11.09

NEW: All children will be forced to take sex and drugs education at school under reforms announced today... more

Cheating parents who lie to win school places face court fines

02.11.09

Latest: Parents who lie to get their children into a good state school face hefty fines imposed by civil courts under radical plans outlined... more

How Labour has stopped caring what voters think

02.11.09

As my text for the coming week in politics, I pray for an outburst by No 10 enforcer Malcolm Tucker, from the wonderful new series of The Thick of It... more

Faith schools could be outlawed after Jewish test case, says Balls

28.10.09

Faith schools could be stripped of the right to select pupils on the basis of their religion, the Standard has learned... more

Ed Balls defends Children's Commissioner decision

19.10.09

Schools Secretary Ed Balls defends his decision to overrule MPs and force through his choice for the next children’s commissioner... more

Balls: I was right to sack Baby P council chief

09.10.09

Children's Secretary Ed Balls was so 'stunned' by the state of children’s care in Haringey council that he was right to sack summarily its boss Sharon Shoesmith... more

Haringey chiefs left seven more Baby Ps in danger

08.10.09

EXCLUSIVE: Council at the centre of the Baby P scandal left at least seven more vulnerable children at risk of serious abuse... more

Badly behaved pupils will be sent to 'sin bins'

30.09.09

Schools which fail to crack down on classroom indiscipline will face government intervention, Schools Secretary Ed Balls warned... more

I was right to sack Baby P director, says Ed Balls

30.09.09

Schools Secretary Ed Balls stands by his decision to sack Haringey's social services chief over the Baby P case... more

Plan for education cuts draws furious response

21.09.09

Government looks set to unveil further public spending cuts this week despite facing angry criticism over possible £2 billion cost-cutting programme in schools... more

School clubs are targets for paedophiles, says minister

15.09.09

Paedophiles are constantly trying to exploit children in after-school and sports clubs, Schools Secretary Ed Balls claimed as he defended the Government's vetting plans... more

Academy fee for firms scrapped

07.09.09

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Tories still 'doing down' state schools, says Balls

27.08.09

Schools Secretary Ed Balls marked the publication of the GCSE results today with a scathing attack on his Tory rival Michael Gove... more

New promises won't end this schools muddle

02.07.09

As a parent, I often feel baffled by the Government's approach to education. Only last week, the Department for Children, Schools and Families was at its micro-managerial best... more

Bad teachers will have to apply for new licence every five years

30.06.09

Thousands of incompetent teachers face being forced out of schools under plans to raise standards of state education, the Standard has learned... more

£200,000 salary for headteachers who run merged school chains

23.06.09

Headteachers could receive unlimited pay for running new chains of schools under radical plans to overhaul state education... more

Iraq inquiry: Ex-soldiers to go public

22.06.09

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£10million to train 4,000 teachers for dyslexic pupils

22.06.09

Children with dyslexia will receive extra help at school in a drive to train 4,000 specialist teachers, ministers have announced... more

Cabinet ministers join scramble to pay back money

19.06.09

Three Cabinet ministers including would-be Chancellor Ed Balls have admitted over-claiming hundreds of pounds on their expenses for mortgages interest... more

We want to be chancellor but can't do expenses

19.06.09

The men who would be Chancellor - Labour's Ed Balls and Tory shadow chancellor George Osborne - today both admitted they had blundered in their Commons expenses and paid back money... more

Recession blamed for soaring number of teenage drop-outs

16.06.09

One in six 18-year-olds has dropped out of education and work, figures show... more

Balls: ‘Posh’ state schools have it easy

15.06.09

Children's Secretary Ed Balls risks fresh accusations of class warfare after he declares state schools in “posh areas” had an easier life than more deprived counterparts... more

Mixed fortunes, but key roles for a golden couple

05.06.09

In a day of mixed fortunes for Labour’s golden couple, Ed Balls lost his battle to be Chancellor but his wife Yvette Cooper was in line for promotion... more

Brown provokes fury over plans to make Balls Chancellor

02.06.09

Gordon Brown was hit by a fierce backlash today over the prospect of promoting Ed Balls to be the new Chancellor... more

Balls ‘sexed up’ evidence to discredit me, says Sats head

22.04.09

The former exams watchdog has launched a devastating attack on Children’s Secretary Ed Balls over his handling of the Sats marking fiasco... more

Balls blunder over 'unlawful' bonuses for headteachers

22.04.09

Children's Secretary Ed Balls faced embarrassment after he backed "unlawful" bonus payments for state school headteachers... more

Now Balls faces teacher strike if Sats are scrapped

16.04.09

Children's Secretary Ed Balls faces more trouble over his plans for Sats testing as a teaching union threatened industrial action if he scraps the exams... more