Results 2024 A-level results 2024: A* grades rise by 8% Top grades up slightly on last year – but huge rise in students getting three A*s FE Week Reporter 10mo FE Week Reporter 10mo Results 2024 T Level results 2024: Fewer dropouts but pass rate dips below 90% Proportion receiving top grades has also fallen significantly Billy Camden 10mo Billy Camden 10mo T Levels First T Level relicensing winners and huge contract boosts revealed One awarding giant decided not to re-tender at all as 4 contracts get reassigned Billy Camden 10mo Billy Camden 10mo News Sixth form students studying narrower range of A-level subjects, report finds Decoupling AS and A-levels looks to have hit take-up for humanities while students ‘increasingly’ choosing from single subject group Lucas Cumiskey 10mo Lucas Cumiskey 10mo Colleges, Politics Government defends college teacher pay snub DfE says decisions on FE funding and other workforces without a pay review body will be made at the… Billy Camden 10mo Billy Camden 10mo Colleges Investigation Leeds FE ‘capacity crisis’ risks leaving poorest behind A local college leader says the DfE should redirect “unused” capital funds to where they are most needed Josh Mellor 10mo Josh Mellor 10mo Ofsted Beauty and the best: Hair and beauty provider graded ‘outstanding’ across the board Inspectors heaped praise on holistic curriculums and “role model” managers at Debut Training Academy Shane Chowen 10mo Shane Chowen 10mo Industrial action UCU staff threaten ‘last resort’ indefinite strike action Dispute between college teaching union and its staff over workplace racism and conditions escalates with threat of continuous strikes… Shane Chowen 10mo Shane Chowen 10mo Colleges Moulton College exits financial intervention after seven years College celebrates “turnaround that very few thought possible” Josh Mellor 10mo Josh Mellor 10mo Apprenticeships, Ofsted Early years provider buzzing after ‘outstanding’ first inspection Inspectors praised ‘highly motivated’ apprentices at Leicester’s Bright Bees Nursery Josh Mellor 10mo Josh Mellor 10mo Qualifications Phillipson defends ‘risible’ partial level 3 defunding pause Pausing 2025 and 2026 defunding plans could prejudice DfE review, education secretary says Shane Chowen 10mo Shane Chowen 10mo WorldSkills 2024 Final push for WorldSkills Lyon as Team UK ramps up training Competitors enter international pressure tests to train before WorldSkills Lyon Anviksha Patel 10mo Anviksha Patel 10mo Newer 1 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 811 Older Must read 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 1mo Billy Camden 1mo 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo
