Policy Advice Includes policy advice to government and responses to consultations (from government, political parties, charities, government departments and bodies, and education bodies) on a range of subjects including: Continued professional development including the government's National Strategy, School Teachers' Review Body Green Paper: 'Schools - building of success' / White Paper: 'Schools achieving success' Teacher professionalism, performance management, and standards including teaching assistants, induction for newly qualified teachers, retention to the profession, proposed 'Excellent Teacher Scheme' Early years education and care School exclusion Science education Race equality and raising the achievements of minority ethnic pupils Liberal Democrat education policy Education opportunities for 14-19 year olds School inspections and the work of OFSTED (including OFSTED's own consultations) Leadership skills and qualifications - including national standards for head teachers Teacher workload Code of Practice on Teacher Competence A-Levels (Tomlinson Inquiry) White Paper: Future of Higher Education Provision for the GTCE to award Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) Teacher subject specialism Disability equalities including the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Green Paper: Every Child Matters e-Learning strategy Initial Teacher Education / Initial Teacher Training Child protection in the education sector Assessment of pupils and schools including the proposed creation of a school profile to be completed annually and providing information on individual schools; School Self-Assessment, accountability and pupil assessments; Common Assessment Framework White Paper: 'Higher Standards, Better Schools for All' Bullying Gender equality Review of primary education Special Education Needs (SEN) Review of the secondary curriculum Green Paper: 'Raising Expectations: staying in education and training post-16' Qualifications for Further Education Teachers Establishment of the Department for Children, Schools and Families Inquiry into the National Curriculum Children's rights White Paper 'The Importance of Teaching' Newly Qualified Teachers Induction Regulations Organised by year. 2000-2011