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21 April 2026
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‘Heartbreaking’: How colleges are forced to turn away students as demand outstrips space
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Scrapping essays over AI fears ‘never off the table’, says Ofqual boss
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Don’t scrap industry-prized diploma, pleads BRIT School boss
Cuts to qualifications equivalent to three A Levels could force students to study outside school and college
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Exam board fined £270,000 over errors in physics papers
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£9m keeps complex-needs job finder scheme alive
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Inquiry vote backed as City & Guilds members demand answers
Trustees face anger over commercial-arm sale amid claims that concerns were ‘brushed aside’
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Colleges face funding squeeze as DfE rations student growth cash again
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Only three-quarters of the funding expected for in-year growth to be paid in 2025-26
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‘Stepping-stone’ GCSEs risk halting social mobility progress, SMC report warns
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Proposed level 1 preparation courses for students resitting English and maths risk act as a ‘stumbling block’
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‘Experts at hand’ cash must not plug ‘existing gaps’, councils told
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