16-19, English and maths

When is a pass not a pass? When the system says so 

Our obsession with the grade 4 ‘good pass’ is blinding us to the achievements of those hitting grades 1–3,...

Jessica Hill
Sarah Ledger and Elmina Ferguson
Apprenticeships

Functional skills for adults are too vital to give up on

Adult literacy and numeracy rates are already woeful, let's not make them even worse by scrapping functional skills for...

Jessica Hill
Stephen Evans
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16-19, English and maths

November resits: GCSE English pass rate plummets

But performance in maths re-takes rises marginally

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
resits

EEF splashes record cash on resits research

Nearly £1.3m committed for post-16 English and maths trials

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
AI, Colleges, Long read

CEO’s mission to make AI a force for good in classrooms

Priya Lakhani, founder of one of the world’s biggest AI EdTech companies, is at pains to express how many...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
News

Open University extends free functional skills offer to level 2

A scheme by The Open University to provide free online functional skills courses has been extended to level 2....

Jessica Fino
Jessica Fino
News

English and maths GCSE resit policy helping tens of thousands

The policy requiring students to continue studying English and maths if they fail the subjects at GCSEs at age...

Jessica Fino
Jessica Fino
News

‘Incredibly unfair’ funding quirk riles colleges

Colleges have hit out at an “incredibly unfair” flaw in the notorious English and maths condition-of-funding rule – which...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke