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- Families in Britain: an evidence paper
- Every Child Matters
- SEAL
- 21st Century Schools
- 2020 Children and Young People's Workforce Strategy
- Building Stronger Partnerships
- Early Years Foundation Stage
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Our purpose
The purpose of the Department for Children, Schools and Families is to make this 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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30 December 2008
National peer mentoring programme launched
Government announces £720,000 to help young people become more active citizens
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22 December 2008
Young social entrepreneurs
£9 million scheme to help young people generate ideas for positive activities from sport and music to art
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18 December 2008
One-to-one English and maths tuition
£15 million to fund extra lessons for 36,000 Year 6 children at risk of falling behind




