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‘Bureaucratic’ process for adding courses to level 3 lifetime skills guarantee offer slammed

One of the country’s largest manufacturing sectors has hit out at the “frustrating” and “bureaucratic” process of adding courses...

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Functional skills barrier removed for ‘eligible apprentices’ from today

The government has finally reintroduced a flexibility that allows apprentices to take their end-point assessment (EPA) before their English...

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Billy Camden
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GCSE and A-level exams 2021: Externally-set questions to be ‘optional’

Schools and colleges won’t be forced to use externally-set questions when determining their students’ GCSE and A-level grades this...

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Billy Camden
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Ofsted monitoring inspections paused for week of colleges’ return

Ofsted will pause its remote monitoring inspections for the week beginning March 8 to allow schools and colleges to...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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GCSE and A-level exams 2021: What we know so far about the government’s plans

The government has confirmed its plans for replacing GCSE and A-level exams this summer, with teacher assessments due to...

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Billy Camden
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Confirmed: How BTEC and other vocational quals will be graded in 2021

The government has today outlined its final decisions for awarding BTEC and other vocational and technical qualification (VTQ) grades...

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Billy Camden
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‘Pyrrhic victory’: Functional skills learners CAN receive teacher assessed grades

Functional skills students can receive teacher assessed grades this year but only if it is not possible to sit...

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Billy Camden
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IfATE launches new reports to pre-warn sector of apprenticeship standard revisions

A new tool that pre-warns providers and employers when apprenticeship standards are being revised has been launched today by...

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Colleges can start testing students on-site before March 8, DfE confirms

Secondary schools and colleges will be allowed to start testing students on-site before March 8, the Department for Education...

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Billy Camden