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12-day window to submit GCSE English and math grades, new Ofqual guidance reveals

Exams regulator Ofqual has released a few more details about its grading plans this summer, ahead of the publication...

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Apprentices ALSO expected to receive face-to-face training from June

Apprentices aged 16 to 19 will also be expected to restart face-to-face contact with their training provider from June....

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Opening from June: College leaders given flexibilities

College leaders have been given significant flexibility over which learners they invite back onsite from as soon as June....

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Ofsted raps first school over Baker Clause

A school has been rapped by Ofsted for flouting the Baker Clause, as the inspectorate begins to police the...

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DfE publishes ‘checklist’ for the wider reopening of colleges

The Department for Education has published a “checklist” to assist colleges with their wider reopening from 1 June. Government...

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Ofqual reveals three week ‘window’ for estimating grades

Colleges and training providers will have a three week “window” to provide calculated grades for vocational and technical qualifications...

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Unions set out 5 tests to meet before staff and students return to college

Unions representing tens of thousands of college staff have set out five “tests” they believe should be met before...

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ESFA back-tracks after threat to challenge low apprenticeship achievement rates

Two weeks after the Education and Skills Funding Agency announced they would intervene at apprenticeship providers that failed to...

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Majority of eligible providers chose not to apply for ESFA Covid-19 supplier relief

Only around a quarter of eligible training providers applied for the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s Covid-19 supplier relief...

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