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Gibb and Ofqual to face education committee hearing over exams

Schools minister Nick Gibb and the leadership of exams regulator Ofqual will face questions from MPs at an education…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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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
News

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
News

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
News

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
News

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

Must read

16-19

Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden

Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE

A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs

New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Long read

Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill