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GCSE barrier blocks access to entry-level apprenticeships

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The stop-starts pressures on college apprenticeships

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We’re losing the Saturday job and gaining a bigger problem

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New ‘class unit’ must decide what problem it’s trying to solve

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English resits are treating the symptom, not the cause
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Procurement could be government’s secret weapon on NEETs
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