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315:, Gove declared reforms would include the compulsory study of foreign languages up to the age of sixteen years, a shake-up of league tables in which schools are ranked higher for the number of pupils taking GCSEs in five core subjects (English, mathematics, science, a language and one of the humanities), and the introduction of targets for primary schools. It proposed that trainee teachers should spend more time in the classroom, teacher training applicants should be more rigorously tested—including tests of character and
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letter opined that Gove suffered from a "blinkered, almost messianic, self-belief, which appears to have continually ignored the expertise and wisdom of teachers, head-teachers, advisers and academics, whom he often claims to have consulted", A senior civil servant admitted that one of the most controversial parts of the proposed secondary curriculum had been written internally by the DfE, without any input from experts. His position on history teaching drew a positive response from only 4% of the
394:, who said that he "could be... singing a hymn of praises for my old chum Gove and his brilliant new Gove-levels." The leaked documents also suggested that Gove was intending to create a single exam board to organise all exams, and to scrap the National Curriculum in its current form. However, there were "rebukes" from both the Welsh and Northern Ireland education ministers who said it was important to communicate before making announcements on proposed changes to jointly owned qualifications.
641:, to conduct a review of social work education. Narey subsequently made 18 recommendations, which he said could be implemented at "minimal cost", for the reform of social work education. Narey called for more emphasis to be placed on practical skills and suggested that some of the students recruited were not up to the job. He found that course standards varied widely and called for tighter minimum entry standards and the standardisation of the teaching provided to social work students.
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502:. The criticism surrounded Gove's use of various private email accounts to send emails that allegedly related to his departmental responsibilities. The allegations suggested that Gove and his advisers believed they could avoid their correspondence being subject to freedom of information requests, as they believed that their private email accounts were not subject to the Freedom of Information Act. In September 2011, the
424:: "Tell Michael Gove what you think of it. Let him know." In June, leaked documents revealed that a member of the Government's curriculum advisory group had described the reform process as having had "a very chaotic feel. It's typical of Government policy at the moment: they don't think things through very carefully, they don't listen to anyone and then just go ahead and rush into major changes." In September,
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was no overriding public interest which precluded consultation or justifies the lack of any consultation". The councils' response was that the
Government would have to reconsider but the Government said it had won the case on the substantial issues. The judge made clear that, contrary to the councils' position, they could not expect that their projects would be funded.
601:, who pointed out there was "nothing" in data protection legislation that prevents vulnerable young people from being properly protected in care homes. Graham noted that "his law covers information about people so it has no bearing on the disclosure of non-personal information like the location of care homes", and said he would be writing to both Gove and
563:(BHA) said teaching creationism in any syllabus was unacceptable. In 2014, Gove's department acceded to the BHA's campaign by banning creationism from being taught as science in state-funded English schools, including academies and free schools, as well as introducing a requirement that such schools must teach evolution.
420:, earlier mooted as a supporter of Gove's reforms of the history curriculum, delivered an excoriating speech in which he characterised the finalised proposals as "insulting and offensive" and "pedantic and utopian", accusing Gove of constructing a "ridiculous shopping list" of subjects. He urged the audience at the
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From 1988 until 2011, the UK GSCE pass rate improved year-on-year, from 41.9% in 1988 to 69.8% in 2011. Under Gove, however, the first decline in the UK GCSE pass rate since records began was observed, with the rate standing at 69.1% when Gove entered office as
Education Secretary in 2010, and having
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ideologies had undermined education. Theirs was the view, he thought, that schools "shouldn't be doing anything so old-fashioned as passing on knowledge, requiring children to work hard, or immersing them in anything like dates in history or times tables in mathematics. These ideologues may have been
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In March 2011, Gove was criticised for not understanding the importance of school architecture and having misrepresented the cost. In
February 2011, he gave "not-quite-true information to Parliament" by saying that one individual made ÂŁ1,000,000 in one year when the true figure was ÂŁ700,000 for five
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deemed Gove's decision to axe BSF projects in six local authority areas unlawful as he had failed to consult before imposing the cuts. The judge also said that, in five of the cases, the failure was "so unfair as to amount to an abuse of power" and that "however pressing the economic problems, there
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whose fate is overwhelmingly decreed by the economic forces and inherent inequalities which scar our society". Gove suggested that the intellectual demands of many social work courses should be raised. Gove explained that the training of social workers was of personal importance to him because his
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to register "significant reservations" about its contents and the way in which it had been devised. They described it as "too narrowly and exclusively focused on
British history" and argued that structuring history teaching in a strictly chronological sequence meant that students would learn about
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had requested contained public information they could be the subject of a freedom of information request and ordered the information requested by the paper to be disclosed. Gove was also advised to cease the practice of using private email accounts to conduct government business. He disputed the
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In March 2013, 100 academics wrote an open letter arguing that Gove's curriculum placed too much emphasis upon memorisation of facts and rules over understanding, and would lead to more rote learning. Gove retorted that "there is good academia and bad academia." In response, one signatory to the
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In April 2011, Gove criticised schools for not studying pre-twentieth century classics and blamed "England's constricted and unreformed exam system" for failing to encourage children to read. Gove also blamed an "anti-knowledge culture" for reducing achievement and said children benefited when
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The audience at the NUT conference was told that Gove had "lost the confidence of the teaching profession", "failed to conduct his duties in a manner befitting the head of a national education system", and "chosen to base policy on dogma, political rhetoric and his own limited experience of
594:. Gove asserted his prior ignorance and surprise that the department did not hold this information and claimed that "Ofsted was prevented by 'data protection' rules, 'child protection' concerns and other bewildering regulations from sharing that data with us, or even with the police".
259:, believing they lacked rigour, fiercely opposed them. However, opposition to the new exams from the teaching unions persuaded her to introduce them immediately, purely so as not to appear weak. Although Gove had sought but failed to replace them, his special advisor,
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Changes to pay, pensions, and workloads were also controversial. The NUT and NASUWT staged strikes on a regional basis in
October 2013, although a national strike was averted. After talks failed, strike action affecting 10,000 schools took place in March 2014.
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Certificate to replace GCSE, comprising
English, Maths, Science, together with a Humanities subject and language, to be first examined in 2017. His plans to replace GCSE examinations with an English Baccalaureate were rejected by Parliament in February 2013.
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are not required to follow the national curriculum, and so would not be affected by the reforms. Children who failed to write coherently and grammatically, or who were weak in spelling, would be penalised in the new examinations. Historian
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and school achievement despite spending billions of pounds: quoting research, he indicated that by the age of six years, children of low ability from affluent homes were still out-performing brighter children from poorer backgrounds. At a
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of sending their family "vicious and aggressive" death threats due to Gove's education reforms, and said she had considered moving with their two children to Italy as a result of these threats. Before the coalition
Government, in 2010, a
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that Gove and his advisors had destroyed email correspondence in order to avoid freedom of information requests. The allegation was denied by Gove's department who stated that deleting email was simply part of good computer housekeeping.
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he said that this separation of achievement grew larger throughout pupils' school careers, stating: "In effect, rich thick kids do better than poor clever children when they arrive at school the situation as they go through gets worse".
466:(BSF), would experience cutting. He apologised, however, when the list of terminated school-building projects he had released was found to be inaccurate; the list was reannounced several times before it was finally accurately published.
319:—and sponsorships for former troops to retrain as teachers to improve discipline. It also said teachers would receive guidance on how to search pupils for more items, including mobile phones and pornography, and when they can use force.
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from 2007 to 2010. An early action was changing the name of the department from the
Department for Children, Schools and Families to its previous name, the Department for Education. He announced plans for schools rated as Outstanding by
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In
February 2013, shortly after the draft Programmes of Study for History in the national curriculum was released by the DfE, the representatives of the principal organisations for historians in the UK wrote to
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expectations were set higher. In June 2011, his own "ignorance of science" was criticised after he called for students to have "a rooting in the basic scientific principles" and by way of example assigned
173:. During his Education Secretaryship, Gove was criticised by teachers unions and academic associations for his attempts to overhaul British education. He left the role when he was moved by Prime Minister
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said that the proposed reforms to the primary-level national curriculum were "neo
Victorian", "educationally inappropriate and pedagogically counter-productive". In October, almost 200 people, including
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training involved "idealistic students being told that the individuals with whom they will work have been disempowered by society". Gove held that students were being "encouraged to see as victims of
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declined to 68.8% by the time he left office in 2014. The rate would further decline to 66.4% by 2017, and by the time the Conservatives left office in 2024, it remained below the 2011 peak at 67.6%.
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as science would be met. The other creationist schools included Exemplar-Newark Business Academy, whose previous application was rejected because of concerns over creationism, and a third school in
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In September 2012, following the furore surrounding the downgrading of GCSE English results, he refused, during his answers to the Parliamentary Education Committee on 12 September, to instruct
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would give advice to Government to ensure that pupils learnt Britain's "island story". Standards in mathematics and science would also be strengthened. He said that this was needed because
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to intervene, and attacked his Welsh counterpart as "irresponsible and mistaken" for ordering disputed GCSEs to be regraded. On 17 September he announced to the House of Commons an
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and were subsequently heavily criticised by some teachers, trade unions and Labour Party MPs; they had been discussed with the prime minister at Cabinet level, and a subsequent
1405:"Michael Gove's war on professional historical expertise: conservative curriculum reform, extreme whig history and the place of imperial heroes in modern multicultural Britain"
702:, for what they claimed was a climate of bullying, fear and intimidation during his time as Education Secretary. The conference passed a vote of no confidence in his policies.
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poll of teachers' voting intentions found that 33% were Conservative and 32% were Labour; four years later, a poll found that only 16% were Conservative and 57% were Labour.
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In September 2013, news that the DfE did not maintain a register of children's homes in the UK came to light as a result of an article Gove wrote for
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That same month saw Oxford's head of admissions warn that the timetable for secondary-level reforms would "just wreck the English education system".
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Annual Conference in March 2013 a motion of no-confidence in Gove was passed. This was followed up the next month at the annual conference of the
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information commissioner's ruling and proceeded to tribunal, costing taxpayers ÂŁ12,540 in fees for legal advice, but the appeal was withdrawn.
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Gove's views on exam systems became clear in December 2014 after the release of archive papers from 1986. GCSEs were the brainchild of
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1565:"Government plans to overhaul GCSEs and A-levels at the same time will 'wreck' education, says Oxford University's head of admissions"
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reported that Gove had used an undisclosed private email account – called "Mrs Blurt" – to discuss government business with advisers.
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inspired by generous ideals but the result of their approach has been countless children condemned to a prison house of ignorance".
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1504:"Michael Gove creating 'neo Victorian' curriculum for primary schools, says professor who led massive review into sector"
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and introduced the phonics check, a reading test for year 1 pupils. The later parts of his tenure were dominated by the
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154:. His earliest moves included reorganising his department, announcing plans to allow schools rated as Outstanding by
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condemning Gove's reforms, warning of the "enormous" and negative risks they posed to children and their education.
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D'Avray, David; Eales, Jackie; Fulbrook, Mary; McLay, Keith; Mandler, Peter; Scott, Hamish (17 February 2013).
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suggested that the public supported this policy by a margin of 50% to 32%. They received praise from the then-
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conference that "no one in this room is here to make architects richer" and specifically mentioned architect
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263:, described the 1986 decision as catastrophic, leading to a collapse in the integrity of the exam system.
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2001:"Government bans all existing and future Academies and Free Schools from teaching creationism as science"
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1830:"Tony Blair may be an admirer of Ukrainian mills, but not on the basis of British ones he's visited"
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498:, Gove was the subject of repeated criticism for alleged attempts to avoid the provisions of the
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694:(NUT), who unanimously passed a vote of no confidence in Gove and called for his resignation.
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Gove was criticised by teachers unions for his attempts to overhaul British education. At the
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1184:"House of Lords reform: Nick Clegg's crazy plan is a pay day for has-beens and never-wozzers"
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441:, as well as academics from Oxford, Bristol and Newcastle universities, signed a letter to
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would be reinstated in English lessons as part of a plan to improve children's grasp of
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914:"Conservative Party Conference: schoolchildren 'ignorant of the past', says Gove"
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1450:"Hay Festival 2013: Don't sign up to Gove's insulting curriculum, Schama urges"
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exams and allow less academic students to take alternative qualifications. The
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1315:"Michael Gove labels professors critical of new curriculum as 'bad academia'"
1079:"Michael Gove's plan to scrap GCSEs is ludicrous, say teaching union leaders"
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education." Gove was further criticised at the May 2013 conference of the
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2468:"Thousands of schools affected as teachers strike over pay and conditions"
2144:"Michael Gove speech to the NSPCC: getting it right for children in need"
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2495:"Teachers' unions pull back from national strike this year against Gove"
2254:"Five things you need to know about Theresa May's row with Michael Gove"
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Gove's claim was refuted the same day by the information commissioner,
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During the 2010 Conservative Party Conference, Gove announced that the
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Gove became Secretary of State for Education with the formation of the
2285:"Furious Cameron slaps down Gove and May over 'Islamic extremism' row"
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1976:"Creationist groups win Michael Gove's approval to open free schools"
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for England would be restructured, and that study of authors such as
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Gove said that the previous government's school-building programme,
162:, and cutting the previous government's school-building programme.
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Gove was appointed as Education Secretary with the formation of the
2551:"Teachers threaten more strikes as talks with Michael Gove stumble"
2053:"Planned switch from GCSEs to Baccalaureate in England 'abandoned'"
838:"Michael Gove: a controversial but influential education secretary"
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own life had been transformed by social workers as a result of his
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2310:"Michael Gove apologises over 'Trojan Horse' row with Theresa May"
1755:"Michael Gove aides accused of deleting government correspondence"
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2414:"Michael Gove heckled at head teachers' conference in Birmingham"
2111:"ICO responds to Michael Gove article in today's Daily Telegraph"
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Michael Gove's tenure at the Department for Education (2010–2014)
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and Department for Education ministers about responsibility for
1015:"Would you have confused Shakespeare and Dickens, Michael Gove"
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advisers at different times over a four-year period. He told a
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https://www.statista.com/statistics/282462/gcse-pass-rates-uk/
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pre-modern history only in the early stages of their studies.
2442:"NUT and NASUWT announce teachers' plan to strike in October"
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1047:"Michael Gove faces criticism over GCSE axe in exam overhaul"
2523:"Michael Gove 'refusing to back down over teachers' strike'"
2389:"NUT passes unanimous vote of no confidence in Michael Gove"
2363:"NUT passes unanimous vote of no confidence in Michael Gove"
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Helm, Toby; Boffey, Daniel; Mansell, Warwick (7 June 2014).
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Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
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shadow secretary of state for children, schools and families
1477:"Curriculum experts say Gove's plans could lower standards"
1342:"Letters: Gove ignores the real issues with the curriculum"
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Building Schools for the Future and school capital projects
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1132:"GCSE row: No 10 insists Cameron did know about Gove plan"
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The prime minister asked Gove to apologise to Home Office
1210:"Wales and Northern Ireland rebuke on GCSEs announcement"
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1861:"Michael Gove appeals against ruling on misuse of email"
1723:"Michael Gove faces questions over use of private email"
1106:"Lib Dems vow to block Michael Gove's plan to axe GCSEs"
886:"Thatcher introduced GCSEs to spite the teaching unions"
1536:"Letters: Narrow test-based education 'harms children'"
1263:"Plan for history curriculum is too focused on Britain"
988:"Michael Gove: schools failing to promote the classics"
753:"Department for Education returns in coalition rebrand"
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In June 2014, a very public argument arose between the
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claimed that the plans had not been discussed with the
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had failed in their attempt to break the link between
1237:"Michael Gove's new curriculum: what the experts say"
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schools, including Grindon Hall Christian School in
2171:"More child protection takeovers ahead, Gove hints"
1283:"Letters: Gove will bury pupils in facts and rules"
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1881:"Michael Gove aides 'destroyed government emails'"
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1641:"Councils defeat government over school buildings"
1607:"Gove apologises over school building list errors"
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1374:"Gove's curriculum could be 'chaos', leaders warn"
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865:"'Rich thick kids' do better at school, says Gove"
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584:Children's homes scandal and data protection rules
195:Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government
2617:"Gove's wife Sarah Vine admits fears over hatred"
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633:While serving as Education Secretary, Gove asked
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2642:Parker, George; Warrell, Helen (14 March 2014).
1044:Garner, Richard; Wright, Oliver (21 June 2012).
783:"Schools are promised an academies 'revolution'"
672:for briefings critical of him which appeared on
613:In November 2013 Gove delivered a speech to the
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1696:"Gove: Richard Rogers won't design your school"
1077:Mulholland, Hélène; Watt, Nick (21 June 2012).
268:primary and secondary-school national curricula
222:Comments on social class and school achievement
2080:"I'm ending this scandal over children's care"
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1803:"Michael Gove loses 'private email' battle"
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201:. He ascended to the role after serving as
2336:"Teachers Pass No Confidence Vote In Gove"
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28:Michael Gove in his 2012 official portrait
22:
2691:Tenures in political office by individual
2584:"Teachers' strike affects 10,000 schools"
2109:Graham, Christopher (13 September 2013).
2028:"Michael Gove attacks Welsh GCSE regrade"
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666:Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism
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1914:"Gove staff destroyed government emails"
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197:following the hung parliament after the
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2676:History of the Conservative Party (UK)
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2197:"Call to upgrade social work training"
2115:Office of the Information Commissioner
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1235:Priestland, David (12 February 2013).
682:Criticism from the teaching profession
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1501:Garner, Richard (24 September 2013).
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700:National Association of Head Teachers
688:Association of Teachers and Lecturers
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2548:Garner, Richard (26 December 2013).
2474:. Press Association. 17 October 2013
2223:"Theresa May is angry. Really angry"
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2026:Coughlan, Sean (12 September 2012).
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1892:from the original on 11 January 2022
1734:from the original on 11 January 2022
1403:Watson, Matthew (1 September 2020).
940:"'Gaming' the school league tables?"
2493:Robinson, Sadie (25 October 2013).
2078:Gove, Michael (12 September 2013).
1694:Fulcher, Merlin (2 February 2011).
1562:Garner, Richard (15 October 2013).
1313:Shepherd, Jessica (21 March 2013).
959:"Education White Paper: Key points"
46:12 May 2010 – 15 July 2014
13:
2439:News Agencies (5 September 2013).
2387:Shepherd, Jessica (2 April 2013).
2361:Shepherd, Jessica (2 April 2013).
2133:
1720:Ensor, Josie (20 September 2011).
1625:
1372:Stewart, William (12 April 2013).
812:"School buildings scheme scrapped"
810:Richardson, Hannah (5 July 2010).
536:In June 2012, Gove approved three
14:
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2520:Paton, Graeme (6 November 2013).
1859:Vasagar, Jeevan (29 March 2012).
1828:McSmith, Andy (26 October 2012).
1475:Mansell, Warwick (24 June 2013).
1280:Bassey, Michael (20 March 2013).
326:Gove, as Education Secretary, at
2595:from the original on 12 May 2022
2562:from the original on 12 May 2022
2221:Brogan, Benedict (4 June 2014).
1974:Vasagar, Jeevan (17 July 2012).
1840:from the original on 12 May 2022
1753:Vasagar, Jeevan (2 March 2012).
1576:from the original on 12 May 2022
1353:from the original on 12 May 2022
1339:Manning, Ralph (28 March 2013).
1294:from the original on 12 May 2022
1058:from the original on 12 May 2022
911:Paton, Graeme (5 October 2010).
781:Harrison, Angela (26 May 2010).
657:, which required Prime Minister
490:Freedom of information and email
358:published leaked plans to scrap
141:Secretary of State for Education
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41:Secretary of State for Education
2645:"How far will Michael Gove go?"
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2581:Saul, Heather (26 March 2014).
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1670:"Architects do matter, Mr Gove"
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1447:Furness, Hannah (30 May 2013).
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836:Adams, Richard (15 July 2014).
630:at the age of four months old.
464:Building Schools for the Future
226:In July 2010, he said that the
207:Shadow Cabinet of David Cameron
1779:Smith, Graham (1 March 2012).
1103:Paton, Graeme (21 June 2012).
985:Paton, Graeme (1 April 2011).
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862:Paton, Graeme (28 July 2010).
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515:ruled that because emails the
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1878:Henry, Julie (3 March 2012).
1668:Moore, Rowan (6 March 2011).
1013:Chivers, Tom (23 June 2011).
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189:Appointment and early actions
150:, having previously been the
2614:Dathan, Matt (23 May 2014).
2005:British Humanist Association
1911:Cook, Chris (2 March 2012).
1378:Times Educational Supplement
731:Premiership of David Cameron
661:'s intervention to resolve.
561:British Humanist Association
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2686:2010s in the United Kingdom
2252:Young, Toby (4 June 2014).
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523:It was also alleged by the
247:Exam and curriculum reforms
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171:Trojan Horse scandal
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