ESOL results crash at under-fire Sheffield College Achievement rates for level 1 regulated provision tanked by over 50 percentage points in a year
We fail to score ESOL students’ real progress in real life ESOL progress often happens at cafés, work and everyday life long before it shows up in current data, so we must rethink assessment
ESOL addresses skills shortages; cutting it’s counterproductive National policy around improving people’s English needs a sharper focus or it risks being undermined by opposition at regional and local level
Reform UK mayor’s ESOL cuts not catching on – yet Greater Lincolnshire’s mayor wants to fund literacy and numeracy instead of English language lessons
Learning a new language reminded me how hard it is for my ESOL students After 20 years of teaching, I thought I understood my learners’ struggles. Then I became a student again
Defunding English lessons for migrants will fracture communities Reform UK say they want migrants to integrate – yet their proposals to slash ESOL funding in local areas they control undermines the very tool that makes it possible: communication
ESOL results probes launched into The Sheffield College Two staff members have been suspended pending multiple investigations, according to reports
Why Labour’s immigration plan misses the mark on ESOL Labour’s new immigration plan ties English proficiency to visas, but ignores a deeper crisis in investment in ESOL provision
Funding cuts mean the immigration plan won’t add up With funding slashed and demand rising, the ESOL and wider adult education sector is being set up to fail just when the government needs it most