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Owner of defunct awarding body demands Ofqual repays £115,000 fine

‘We’ll look to court if we need to’

News, Awarding

Omicron: January exams start smoothly despite staff shortages

Staff are working extra hours, with managers stepping in to help invigilate vocational and technical qualifications

News, Covid-19

Zahawi grants new terms for deputy commissioners

The deputy commissioners work with colleges with quality or financial health concerns.

News

Just 195 of 5.7m teacher grades changed after exam board reviews

And for the almost 1m VTQ TAGs, just 636 were changed

News

A class of their own: The school that enrolled one T Level student

A school handed £1.2 million for a new six-classroom, purpose-built block to teach the government’s flagship T Levels has recruited just one student, FE Week can reveal. Salesian School, in Surrey, began delivering the education and childcare route this September after a one-year deferral that was blamed on Covid-19. It planned to recruit 15 learners. […]

News

Ian Bauckham made permanent chair of Ofqual

Academy trust boss Ian Bauckham has been appointed as Ofqual’s permanent chair, the exams regulator has announced. Bauckham, chief executive of the Tenax Schools Trust, has been the organisation’s interim chair for the past year, succeeding Roger Taylor who stepped down last December. He will begin a three-year term as its permanent chair from next […]

News, Ofqual

Employer-led skills bodies must be open to scrutiny

Conservative ministers have had to defend against Labour questions around new powers for employers in directing provision

Opinion, Skills reform

Let T Level students study other quals at the same time, says new Ofqual chief

‘If I was in charge of T Level policy you would have a T Level that was equivalent to two A-levels’

News

‘I won’t be hiding away in the Ofqual attic’

New exams chief Dr Jo Saxton says she likes a challenge. Just as well, as she faces having to restore confidence in what many see as a shattered system

News, Assessment