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Cafcass looks after the interests of children involved in family court proceedings. They work with children and their families, and advise the courts on the best interests of individual children.
The Education Funding Agency is an executive agency of the Department for Education, responsible for the funding of education and training for children and young people between the ages of 3 and 19, and up to age 25 in the case of high needs students. The EFA funds academy trusts and a range of post 16 providers directly and also allocates funding to local authorities for them to fund maintained schools. In the case of academy trusts, the EFA has additional regulatory functions, eg on matters such as complaints. The EFA is also responsible for a range of building and maintenance programmes for schools, academies, free schools and sixth-form colleges.
The new agency will focus on developing a school-led system, promoting high quality teaching and leadership, and leading on delivering school workforce reforms. Its remit includes teacher training, continuous professional development, leadership development, and supporting school improvement to address underperformance in the education system.
The Office of the Children's Commissioner promotes and protects children's rights under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) ratified by the UK in 1991. The focus is especially on both policy and practice where children's rights are ignored or violated; concentrating on the vulnerable, marginalised, and those unable to speak for themselves.
The School Teachers' Review Body was established to report to the Prime Minister and to the Secretary of State for Education on the statutory pay and conditions of school teachers in England and Wales. Its recommendations cover pay and conditions for school teachers.
The Social Mobility and Child Poverty (SMCP) Commission monitors the progress of government and others in improving social mobility and reducing child poverty in the United Kingdom.
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA), an executive agency of the Department for Education, is responsible for the development and delivery of all statutory assessments from early years to the end of Key Stage 3, delivering the professional skills tests for prospective teachers and putting in place the logistics arrangements for completed general qualification scripts.
Information about what to expect at the general election 2015, including timetable of events, results and guides.
Watch political debates, party political broadcasts, PMQ's and interviews with party candidates and MPs.
How does your city compare with others across the UK, including population, employment and earnings.
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