At 06:50 this morning the BBC Radio 4 Today programme interviewed Mike Hopkins, Principal of Middlesbrough College, and Professor Ann Hodgson, Institute of Education, about the direct recruitment of full time 14 year-olds to colleges from this September.

Listen to the interview below, and you can read more about direct recruitment to FE at 14, and which seven colleges so far have permission, here.

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