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
Ex-education secretary replaces suspended MP on committee James Cleverly to replace Patrick Spencer on Parliament’s education select committee
Government ends school decarbonisation grants scheme Programme to lower school energy bills will not be awarding any more grants, it has been confirmed
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
Lady Spielman and Lord Gove: Tories confirm peerages Ex-Ofsted chief and former education secretary both handed peerages by the Conservative party
Revealed: the BTECs saved from the chop… for now Ministers announce level 3 qualifications that will no longer be defunded next year
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
Ofqual demands ‘honesty’ in new rules for exam boards Proposals include ‘principles’ that could see sanctions on organisations that undermine public confidence in qualifications