The DfE has confirmed funding in 2013–2014 for 800 places for new-to-role SENCOs who will be required to gain the National Award for SEN Coordination

The DfE has announced that ex-military personnel without degrees will be able to train as teachers from January 2014.

The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has announced that he will block the plans of the Education and Childcare Minister, Liz Truss, to change childcare ratios because extensive consultation has shown that her two key aims would fail.

The Office of the Children's Commissioner has published a report urging the government to consider making sex and relationships education a higher priority for schools.