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Schools

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Improving educational outcomes for disadvantaged children

Published on: 23 Jul 2024

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Education, training and skills

Condition of school buildings

Published on: 28 Jun 2023

Report Value for money

Schools

Exterior of a modern school building

Department for Education: sustainability overview

Published on: 28 Jun 2023

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Education, training and skills

Education recovery in schools in England

Published on: 1 Feb 2023

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Education, training and skills

Teacher and three primary school children looking at a piece of work in a bright classroom

Children in custody: secure training centres and secure schools

Published on: 28 Apr 2022

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Crime, justice and law

Financial sustainability of schools in England

Published on: 25 Nov 2021

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Education, training and skills

School funding in England

Published on: 2 Jul 2021

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Education, training and skills

Guide to the education sector annual reports and accounts 2019-20

Published on: 11 May 2021

Overview Sector overview

Education, training and skills

Support for children’s education during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic

Published on: 17 Mar 2021

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COVID-19

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