Colleges, Results 2024

GCSE resits 2024: Maths pass rate up but English falls again

Resit cohorts rose substantially this year

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Leaders slam ‘unacceptable’ above-inflation 2025 exam fee rises

Heads say increases are unaffordable for schools and colleges and ‘hard to stomach’

Billy Camden
Lucas Cumiskey
Skills reform

DfE advertises for Skills England permanent chair and board

Up to £25k on offer to successful candidate for 20 days’ work a year

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
News

Suspended students twice as likely to be NEET by age 24, research finds

Think tank’s report puts ‘a number on the suspension employment grades gap for the first time’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

NHS to abandon ‘outstanding’ apprenticeship scheme in North East and Yorkshire

Regional office to ditch successful direct delivery in favour of alternative providers

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Results 2024

Results 2024: 7 key trends from VTQ and T Level results

North West tops the table on T Level awards while engineering students most likely to struggle with industry placements

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel


Results 2024

A-level results 2024: 8 key trends in England’s data

Here’s what you need to know from the second year of ‘normal’ results since the pandemic

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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
FE Week Reporter
Results 2024

T Level results 2024: Fewer dropouts but pass rate dips below 90%

Proportion receiving top grades has also fallen significantly

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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
Billy Camden
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
Lucas Cumiskey
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
Billy Camden

Must read

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
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