Author: Billy Camden

Pearson has finally revealed its hand on exam fee rebates, announcing today it will return 33 per cent of fees for GCSE and A-levels back to schools and colleges. The company’s exam board, Edexcel, will return £31 million in fees via a rebate to schools and colleges, meaning it sits in the middle of offers […]

A new rule that would force providers to gain permission before charging subcontracting management fees above 20 per cent was published in “error”, the Education and Skills Funding Agency has claimed. The ESFA says the policy will now be corrected, just a day after sending it out to the sector. In a new subcontracting “standard” […]

The government has added hospitality and catering courses to its new level 3 adult offer after controversially excluding the industry when the policy was first announced. Almost 400 level 3 qualifications covering sectors including engineering, construction, public services and IT have been fully funded for all adults without a full qualification at level 3 – […]

Twelve education bodies have today slammed the education secretary for “ignoring” their concerns and ploughing ahead with plans to scrap the majority of BTECs. In a letter to Gavin Williamson, sector leaders reiterate that disadvantaged students have the “most to lose” and that it is “impossible to square the government’s stated ambition to ‘level up’ […]

Exam board OCR has confirmed it will give schools and colleges a rebate of 42 per cent of fees for GCSEs and A-levels. The announcement is likely to put more pressure on AQA – the country’s largest exam board – to up its rebate. The board will only return 26 per cent of entry fees, […]

Colleges will be given access to the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s army of cost-cutting advisers from September. The ESFA today announced a new suite of measures that it says will be a more “proactive” approach to help colleges “realise and re-invest savings and to spot early warning indicators of financial issues”. It involves a […]

Students are worried employers will see their teacher assessed GCSEs as “fake grades”, Ofqual has said, as the regulator tries to quell fears about upcoming results days. Child psychology and education experts have been speaking to students preparing to receive grades next month about their concerns. The experts include Kevin Woods,  educational and child psychologist […]

FE students could need to be fully vaccinated to attend education and training in the coming year under plans being considered by the Department for Education. The Times today reported that the prime minister Boris Johnson had suggested that learners in higher and further education setting should face compulsory vaccination, subject to some medical exemptions. […]