News Government will pay exam appeal fees, says Williamson The government will cover fees for failed appeals against exam grades following a huge backlash over A-level results. The… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Exclusive Ofsted director seconded to government Covid response team A senior Ofsted director has been seconded to a government team planning for the return of students to schools… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Office for Students loses court case over refusing provider admission to higher education register The Office for Students has lost a Court of Appeal case over its decision to refuse a provider admission… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News New rules on multiple placements and digital skills for traineeships published by ESFA New rules on funding 19 to 24 year-olds completing traineeships have been released by the Education and Skills Funding… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Legal action threat over A-level results fiasco The government may face legal action on behalf of students affected by this year’s A-levels debacle. At least two… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Colleges demand urgent review into “biased” A-level grading process The Association of Colleges has written to education secretary Gavin Williamson and Ofqual chief regulator Sally Collier calling for… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Top results for vocational qualifications see “small increase,” reports Ofqual Ofqual has found the number of top grades awarded for certain vocational qualifications has had a “small” increase on… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News A-level results 2020: Top grades up by 2.4 percentage points The proportion of top A-level grades handed to students in England has increased by 2.4 per cent this year…. Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Sixth form colleges cry foul over standardisation as principals report problems with A-level results The body representing sixth form colleges has demanded action after the vast majority of principals reported lower-than-expected A-level grades… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Ofqual to provide guidance on “valid mock grades” Ofqual has announced it will publish guidance on how colleges can use “valid mock grades” to appeal A-levels and… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News DfE sets out plans to allow disappointed exam students to use ‘valid mock grades’` Students will be given the choice of receiving a “valid mock grade” instead of their standardised centre-assessment grade under… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News University picked as preferred bidder to take over HS2 college at risk of insolvency The national college for High Speed 2 looks set to be taken over by a university as part of… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Newer 1 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 813 Older 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 1w Jessica Hill 1w Long read, Prison education Long read 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
