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News Insight: DfE unveils five-year business plan

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The Department for Education has revealed its timetable for reforms and indicators to judge their success. Janaki Mahadevan reports.

Each government department last week published a business plan for the next five years as part of attempts to "hand power back to the people".

Equipped with a list of priorities and a timetabled action plan, the Department for Education (DfE) has revealed when and how it aims to bring about the "reforms to education and children's services that this country needs".

The six commitments framing the government's work for the next five years range from increasing the number of high-quality schools to improving support for children, young people and families - focusing on the most disadvantaged.

Accompanying these priorities are eight "impact indicators" against which "the public can judge" whether the policies and reforms are having the desired impact.

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