Exams

A class of their own: T-levels school recruits just one student

Classes half empty as schools’ flagging take-up of flagship courses revealed

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Exams

MPs launch inquiry into ‘effectiveness’ of post-16 qualifications

A new inquiry into the “effectiveness” of post-16 qualifications like A-levels, T Levels and BTECs has been launched by...

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Billy Camden
Schools

Revealed: 39 sixth forms and colleges to split £83m post-16 capacity fund

Capital funding will help settings cope with anticipated boom in pupil numbers, says DfE

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Billy Camden
BTECs

Ministers play down BTECs cull

They have gone as far as to blame the media for fuelling a belief there will be a binary...

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Billy Camden
Careers advice

Skills bill to ensure ‘equality’ for technical education in schools career advice

Law change will also allow Catholic sixth forms to academise

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Billy Camden
News

ESFA boss Eileen Milner to become combined authority chief executive

Eileen Milner will become the chief executive of her local combined authority when she leaves the Education and Skills...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

DfE’s BTEC reforms will hit disadvantaged students hardest, sector warns

Government plans to remove funding for the majority of BTEC qualifications will hit the most disadvantaged young students the...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

20,000 students hit as UCAS glitch rejects university offers

Tens of thousands of students faced more stress this morning as a glitch in UCAS’s system automatically rejected their...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Schools miss T-level enrolment targets

Schools have missed their T-level enrolment targets, with digital proving to be the toughest subject to sell to students....

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Billy Camden