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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

Speed read: Think tank calls for new ‘baccalaureate’ to replace A-levels

A three-year ‘baccalaureate’ should be introduced to replace A-levels, BTECs, T-Levels and apprenticeships, a think tank has said. A...

James Carr
James Carr
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....

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Exam stress ‘isn’t new’, and two other things we learned from ministers at education questions

MPs grilled education secretary Damian Hinds at the House of Commons this afternoon, alongside the children’s minister Nadhim Zahawi,...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Two more schools to offer T-levels from 2020

The Department for Education has revealed the names of two more schools that will deliver its new technical qualifications....

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Fifteen schools chosen as T-levels pioneers

Fifteen schools are among the first 52 providers chosen to deliver the government’s new technical qualifications. These new T-Levels...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

Why design T-levels when we already have an equivalent?

Why is the government spending so much on T-levels when a world-class programme that combines academic and vocational study...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

What are ‘T-Levels’?

Following the Treasury’s announcement of additional budget funding for technical education, ‘T-levels’ have been touted as the new alternative...

Gemma Gathercole
Gemma Gathercole