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18 May 2026

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Shane Chowen

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Revealed: Plan for new V-level qualifications amid BTEC cull

Ministers expected to set out plans for third route alongside A-levels and T-levels in skills white paper

Shane Chowen

2 Oct 2025
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Ex-education secretary replaces suspended MP on committee

James Cleverly to replace Patrick Spencer on Parliament's education select committee

Shane Chowen

30 Jun 2025 | Politics
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Government ends school decarbonisation grants scheme

Programme to lower school energy bills will not be awarding any more grants, it has been confirmed

Shane Chowen

17 Jun 2025 | School buildings
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Ministers hope new GCSE results app will save £30m a year

Almost 100,000 year 11s will receive grades via a government app this year

Shane Chowen

7 May 2025 | Assessment
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Lady Spielman and Lord Gove: Tories confirm peerages

Ex-Ofsted chief and former education secretary both handed peerages by the Conservative party

Shane Chowen

11 Apr 2025
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DfE scraps three more T-levels

Meanwhile Pearson scoops health and science contracts from NCFE

Shane Chowen

21 Mar 2025
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Revealed: the BTECs saved from the chop… for now

Ministers announce level 3 qualifications that will no longer be defunded next year

Shane Chowen

12 Dec 2024 | Assessment
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MPs plead for BTECs reprieve ahead of crunch review

Parliament's education select committee has stepped in days before level 3 review is expected to be published

Shane Chowen

4 Dec 2024
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Ofqual demands ‘honesty’ in new rules for exam boards

Proposals include 'principles' that could see sanctions on organisations that undermine public confidence ...

Shane Chowen

6 Nov 2024
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Helen Hayes elected education committee chair

SEND reform, child poverty and the school curriculum are on Hayes's agenda

Shane Chowen

11 Sep 2024 | Politics