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A-levels 2021: Havering students picket college over lower than expected A-level grades

Students and parents have picketed a London sixth form over accusations the college leadership unfairly altered their A-level grades….

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Labour warns cutting off BTEC funding could entrench inequality

Labour has warned cutting off public funding for BTECs could entrench inequalities in exam results, especially affecting students with…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Results day sees adult learners step towards new careers

Adults across England are today finding out whether they have stepped closer to their dream careers or finally passed…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Northern College steers clear of ‘perfect storm’ and will remain standalone

A much-loved adult residential college has announced it will remain standalone and has fought off a £2.4 million funding…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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GCSE results 2021: Pass rate increases for maths and English resits

The pass rates for this summer’s GCSE maths and English resits have risen on 2020, new figures out today…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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College reappoints sector veteran as interim principal

A college has appointed a sector veteran as interim principal for the second time after its permanent principal left…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon


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A-level results 2021: Top grades rise to 44% in record-breaking year

The proportion of top A-level grades handed out this year has increased to more than 44 per cent following…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Level 3 results 2021 | Live blog

Welcome to FE Week‘s liveblog of A-level and level 3 results day 2021! UPDATE: The live blog is now closed….

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Teachers have ‘earned country’s trust and admiration’, says Williamson

Education secretary Gavin Williamson has said teachers’ “hard work” in producing grades for their students this year has “earned…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Search begins for sixth Hull College leader in two years

A college’s first permanent leader in nearly two years has left after six months, owing to difficulty working away…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Ofqual confirms vocational and technical qualification exam arrangements for 2021/22

Ofqual has confirmed teacher-assessed grades are to end and exams will return next year for vocational and technical qualifications….

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Colleges need guaranteed funding for significant surge in student enrolments, says AoC

Colleges are calling on the government to move to an “in-year funding model” after their membership body projected an…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon

Must read

Colleges, Long read

Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission

Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release

‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal

Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal

Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
T Levels

NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure

Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel