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‘Significant disadvantage gap’ in GCSE resits revealed

EPI calls for ‘targeted reforms’ to help students ‘who feel trapped on the resit treadmill’

News, Colleges, GCSE resits

Inside the evergreen sanctuary of Fircroft adult residential college

Inspired by Denmark’s folk high schools, Birmingham’s Fircroft College still provides a home-from-home for people with addiction and mental health problems. Jessica Hill visits what is now one of only two adult residential FE colleges in England

Feature, News, Adult education, Long read

Lance the Boyle of English exam papers that baffle learners

Neurodivergent or foreign students are hampered when teaching demands familiarity with Ant and Dec or Susan Boyle’s BGT audition

Opinion, Curriculum

They’re not ‘hard to reach’ but the system is closed to them

Students who risk becoming NEET often need time, flexibility or a second chance – providers must remove barriers that block them

Opinion, NEETs

Do inspectors have skill to spot ‘exemplary’ in specialist fields?

We’re backing Ofsted’s reforms – but unresolved risks include inconsistent grading and the challenge of defining ‘exemplary’ practice

Opinion, Ofsted reforms

Most adult apprentices continue English and maths after exemption

60% of on-programme 19+ apprentices are carrying on with functional skills study

News, Apprenticeships

Seven findings from DfE’s third FE workforce data release

Figures from over 1,300 colleges and providers were collected in 2023-24

News, Workforce

ITP judged ‘inadequate’ after expanding provision despite ‘poor’ teaching

Ofsted claims construction provider ‘too slow to act’ – but CEO ‘respectfully’ disagrees

News, Ofsted

TikTok could lay foundation for a career in construction

We must show young people the attractions of the building trade then make it easier for them to train

Opinion, Apprenticeships