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
16-19, Qualifications

Level 3 announcement is a shot in the arm for sector unity

The government has made the right decision in most cases and bought the sector time to keep making its...

JL Dutaut
James Kewin
16-19, Colleges, English and maths

DfE waters down English and maths resit funding rule shake-up

Incoming changes to minimum teaching hours and tolerance threshold have been relaxed

Billy Camden
Billy Camden