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Vision pledges highest ever standards in London's state schools
Minister for London Schools Andrew Adonis today launched a new Vision for London education as he unveiled details of the £80m three year government investment in the next phase of the London Challenge programme.
14 July 2008
Ed Balls addresses the NCSL annual conference
In a speech at the NCSL annual conference, Ed Balls announces a new strategy to support secondary modern schools and talks to head teachers about the National Challenge.
19 June 2008, Birmingham
Ed Balls vows to help secondary moderns
Ed Balls announces plans for the first ever new strategy to help the country’s secondary moderns - including the National Challenge schools who are below the 30 per cent minimum of five good GCSEs including English and Maths.
19 June 2008
National Challenge strategy launched to ensure more children get better GCSEs
Ed Balls sets out the next phase of the Government’s School Improvement Strategy – National Challenge - to transform schools, raise results in English and maths, and tackle underachievement by young people.
10 June 2008
