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DfE confirms U-turn over masks in colleges

Learners and staff at colleges in high-transmission areas will be required to wear face coverings following a U-turn by…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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IfATE launches second consultation for new apprenticeship funding model

A second funding rate consultation has been launched by the government’s apprenticeships quango. The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical…

Shane Mann
Shane Mann
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Sally Collier to be replaced by Dame Glenys Stacey as Ofqual chief regulator

The chief regulator of Ofqual Sally Collier is to leave following the exams fiasco that has engulfed England in…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government to U-turn on masks in colleges

Staff and students will be expected to wear face coverings in colleges in England from September following a government…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Pearson confirm final deadline for revised BTEC grades

All BTEC results will be ready by next Friday, awarding body Pearson has said, adding that level 3 results…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Colleges ask for flexibility in COVID-19 catch-up funding to support ‘borderline’ students

College leaders have expressed concern about the ‘gaps in knowledge’ of new level 3 students starting in September after…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon


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Results 2020: What you need to know about this year’s appeals and Autumn resits

Ofqual has confirmed today its appeals and resits process. We take you through what you need to know…   1. The…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Universities agree to honour all first choice offers for pupils who hit grades after U-turn

Universities have agreed to honour all-first choice offers for thousands of students rejected last week who have now had…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

GCSE results 2020: Top grades increase, with nearly four in five pupils achieving a pass

The proportion of GCSEs at grade 7 or above given to pupils in England has risen by 5.7 percentage…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Top results at A-level almost double under new system

The proportion of A*s awarded to A-level pupils has almost doubled – revised results released today show. Exams regulator…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Pearson announces eleventh-hour grading U-turn on BTECs – telling colleges NOT to issue results tomorrow

Colleges have been told not to issue BTEC results tomorrow after an eleventh hour grading U-turn from Pearson. The…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Another exams U-turn: DfE now says it has ‘full confidence’ in Ofqual after Williamson refusal

The Department for Education has made another exams U-turn by saying it now has “full confidence” in the regulator…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon

Must read

Colleges, Politics

Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’

The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund
Colleges, Long read

Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail

More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching

In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Young people

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
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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