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Our purpose
The purpose of the Department for Children, Schools and Families is to make England the best place in the world for children and young people to grow up. We want to:
- make children and young people happy and healthy
- keep them safe and sound
- give them a top class education
- help them stay on track.
Our Children’s Plan sets out how we can achieve our ambitions.
News >>
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22 August 2008
Update on National Curriculum test delivery
Schools now have 99% of Key Stage 2 and 96% of Key Stage 3 results
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21 August 2008
Best ever results in English and mathematics
Record 65.7 per cent pass rate in 2008 GCSE results
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20 August 2008
Roaring success of Dragons' Den-style youth projects
Young people's confidence, social skills and behaviour improve thanks to funding panels




