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This section features a range of news relevant to the Department, including the latest press notices, speeches and multimedia content.

News headlines

Government publishes lists of schools interested in becoming academies
Lord Hill: ‘I am delighted that so many schools have expressed an interest, and that over 900 outstanding schools are interested in becoming academies’.
News article25 June 2010
Gibb: ‘Further freedoms for schools and colleges’
Centres allowed to choose which Diploma lines they offer; development of Extended Diploma stopped; no more routine Ofsted inspections of outstanding sixth form colleges.
News article24 June 2010
Michael Gove outlines process for setting up Free Schools
Commitment to make it easier to secure sites; funding for new schools; New Schools Network to be first point of contact for groups
News article18 June 2010