Prison education

How colleges can lead the way on truly inclusive workforce development

One of the most vulnerable groups of learners could also be one of our best untapped resources – if...

JL Dutaut
Andy Vaccari
Staffroom - Opinion

The Staffroom: Don’t let a summer of anger turn into a winter of discontent

It’s hard not to see the riots as a direct result of low investment in our sector - and...

JL Dutaut
Josh Spears
resits

Scrapping resits is the wrong thing to do for learners

What example are we setting to young people if we cut and run on improving their life chances because...

JL Dutaut
David Murray
Functional skills

An evidenced case for reform of the maths functional skills qualification

The current model lacks relevance, harms learners and hinders social mobility. Here’s how we can fix our dysfunctional skills...

JL Dutaut
Kerry Boffey
The Uncivil Servant

DfE can’t afford to retreat into its Sanctuary (Buildings)

Hours after the general election result in July, something strange happened. The Department for Education posted an advert for...

JL Dutaut
Andrew Otty
resits

Scrap resits? Yes, but we must go much further

Piecemeal reform of the resit policy is not enough. The new government must deliver wholesale change to a more...

JL Dutaut
Sean Vernell
specialist colleges

Labour’s private school VAT plan must exclude specialist colleges

Forcing specialist colleges to charge local authorities VAT is wasteful and will divert resources from teaching the most vulnerable,...

Shane Chowen
Clare Howard
Opinion

How suspensions impact students in early adulthood

Young people suspended at school are significantly less likely to be in a sustained positive post-16 destination

Billy Camden
Whitney Crenna-Jennings and Allen Joseph
Skills reform

A strong Skills England can tackle migration misconceptions

New skills strategies need to retain, as well as recruit, workers in shortage sectors, writes Andy Forbes

Shane Chowen
Andy Forbes