The Department for Education (DfE) said any failure in children's services was "very serious".
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The DfE said it had no plans to reassess its list of approved free schools.
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The DfE said schools were expected to teach "high quality" vocational qualifications from September 2012.
The Department for Education (DfE) approved plans for the Kent town's free school this summer.
The Department for Education (DfE) said the English Baccalaureate "does not stop any school offering RE GCSEs".
The Department for Education (DfE) said it "cannot just stand by if a school is failing children".
The DfE, DWP and Wirral Council have been subject to special monitoring from the ICO in the past.
The DfE dismissed the survey as non-scientific and named several private nursery providers who it said supported its plans.
He also said the council and the Department for Education (DfE) brokered sponsors for four primary academies last year.
Mr Gove said he had resisted publishing the information because the DfE "wanted to protect public-spirited volunteers from intimidation".
The Department for Education (DfE) said schools were expected to take a "tough line" on requests to miss lessons.
The DfE said its reforms were designed to give power back to teachers and raise standards at the weakest schools.
The Department for Education (DfE) said there was a range of financial support for those who cared for relatives' children.
The report said the DfE had struggled to enforce payment of debts as the rules on academy sponsorship had changed.
The DfE said that free schools would cost a fraction of schools built under Labour's Building Schools for the Future programme.
"The DfE's rejection of the plan in its current form does not seem to take account of all this activity, " he said.
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The PCS believes the DfE has been given the green light to pilot a new way of dealing with civil service change.
However, the BBC has learned it was never registered with the DfE.
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She added that it would be raising its concerns with the DfE.
The DfE says it wants to create a department that delivers excellence.
The Department for Education (DfE) said it recommended parents and guardians should determine the ethnic background for their children at primary schools.
Schools are required to complete the annual pupil census by the DfE.
The DfE said the numbers of teachers holding degree-level qualifications in the key subjects of English, maths and science has risen compared to 2011.
The BBC has learned that the centre, which cannot be identified for legal reasons, had not been registered with the Department for Education (DfE).
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After this, "new GCSEs will be designed that will not be modular - modularisation will end for GCSEs", the DfE said in a statement.
But the Department for Education (DfE) has rejected the plan and "set out the immediate action" to be taken by the school in Romsey, Hampshire.
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The Department for Education (DfE) responded to the claim that many free schools are in areas with surplus places by saying "the LGA is wrong".
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The DfE's difficulties with implementing the FOI Act were re-emphasized last week, when the latest statistics on the performance of government departments were released.
But the DfE rejected the requests, arguing that revealing the identity of unsuccessful applicants could put them off from reapplying or could deter interest from other groups.
The warning came as civil servants at the DfE began a rolling programme of industrial action over the cuts announced in the Department for Education Review last November.
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