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Balls signals end for external marking of primary tests

19.11.09
Children's Secretary Ed Balls heralds the end of testing in primary schools... more

Prince has waded into politics again, but his point about the basics is valid

19.11.09
All children need to know basic British history and study the classic works of English literature. There is nothing unconstitutional about the Prince of Wales promoting such 'timeless principles' of education... more

Prince Charles is right on teaching history

19.11.09
One of the subjects that the Prince of Wales feels most passionately about is education... more

Prince Charles fights Ed Balls to save history and geography

19.11.09
Prince of Wales is on a collision course with ministers over plans to axe traditional history and geography teaching in primary schools... more

Watchdog attacks Balls over ‘guarantees’

18.11.09
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Tax rises look likely after Queen's speech

18.11.09
Queen's Speech: Post-election tax increases move closer as Gordon Brown pitches for fourth Labour term with promises aimed at families worried about children and elderly parents... more

The Truss affair - and lessons for the Tories

18.11.09
The more we hear about South West Norfolk Conservatives, the more the heart goes out to the poor candidates trying to penetrate the closed world of local Tory associations... more

Mr Balls takes a risk with schools cash bid

17.11.09
Just as a poll carried out for the BBC reveals a majority of the public would prefer spending cuts to raising taxes to get Britain out of the red, the Children's Secretary, Ed Balls, has applied for an inflation-busting boost to his own budget... more

Darling and Balls clash in spending row

17.11.09
Cabinet rivals Ed Balls and Alistair Darling are embroiled in a row over spending... more

Old rivalries exposed as Children’s Secretary pushes his point

17.11.09
Once again, Alistair Darling and Ed Balls seem to be at odds on spending... more

Ed Balls to demand action on worst-performing schools

16.11.09
Schools Secretary Ed Balls will demand action to boost standards at some of the worst-performing secondaries in England... more

Childcare tax relief curbs 'will hit Londoners the most'

16.11.09
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Australia PM says sorry for 'forgotten children'

16.11.09
The Australian prime minister made a historic apology to the hundreds of thousands of people, many of them British migrants, who were abused in state care as children... more

Mr Brown fires the election starting gun

16.11.09
It was always inevitable that this week's Queen's Speech to Parliament would be highly political... more

Powers that turn police into judge and jury

10.11.09
You are warned. Never agree to a police caution for doing something wrong unless you are guilty as sin. You will have a criminal record... more

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

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

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

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