16-19, Colleges

No extra cash means no extra students, colleges warn

Some colleges will have to turn students away without additional growth funding, says AoC

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
16-19, Colleges

DfE: Funding ‘unprecedented’ extra students this year is ‘unaffordable’

But top 16-19 funding base rate will surpass £5k in September

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
16-19, English and maths, The Staffroom - opinion

Maths resitters aim for bullseye on darts day

Numbers have been brought alive at Nescot with classroom dart boards and a visit by three Darts stars –...

Jessica Hill
Julie Kapsalis
16-19

Young NEETs approaches 1m

The figures will continue to rise without 'drastic change', experts warn

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
16-19

Let’s embed financial literacy into the curriculum

The government’s decision to prioritise functional skills over more robust financial education qualifications risks leaving young people unprepared for...

Jessica Hill
Laurence Frewin
16-19, Curriculum and Assessment Review

Chaos and contradictions: Francis review response round-up

Francis review officials stand little chance of digesting the mountain of responses their questions have created, or making sense...

Jessica Hill
Andrew Otty
16-19, English and maths

More targeted interventions are key to GCSE resit success

A one-year ‘GCSE step’ course would better support those resit students that are furthest behind

Jessica Hill
Dr Alice Eardley
16-19, English and maths

November resits: GCSE English pass rate plummets

But performance in maths re-takes rises marginally

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
16-19, Curriculum and Assessment Review

Why 16-19 education is a critical piece of the curriculum and assessment review puzzle 

This often overlooked phase of education is critical to the government's mission-led approach and requires greater clarity

JL Dutaut
Freya Thomas Monk