Government approaches and initiatives

Background: The newspapers often mispresent education news by writing as if the policies of England's Department for Children, Schools and Families applied across the UK. Throughout this site, we try to make it clear which country within the UK the information relates to and have, therefore, separated Government approaches to literacy within primary education into England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Key milestones 1993-2003

• England: Secondary National Strategy (formerly the KS3 Strategy)
• Evaluation of KS3 strategy
• Five Year Strategy for Children and Learners
• Scottish secondary school education issues

• Recent education bills - England

• Scotland: One-stop Community Schools
• Connexions
• Excellence in Cities - Government proposals
  
• News update: Government approaches to children's issues
• Youth and literacy - Government approaches

Secondary articles from Literacy Today