Hills Road Sixth Form College
After years of watching students struggle through endless GCSE resits, this reform could be the breakthrough they’ve been waiting...
New vocational courses will be the size of an A-level and replace existing alternatives to T Levels
For too many, compulsory GCSE resits are a treadmill to nowhere. Without proper investment in alternative pathways, the government’s...
But males overtake females in maths as colleges brace for even more resit students in English
Our obsession with the grade 4 ‘good pass’ is blinding us to the achievements of those hitting grades 1–3,...
In FE, we spend months preparing students for exam content but rarely for the storm of emotions that arrives...
A focus on English and maths resits has pushed England’s young adults up the global rankings but the most...
Persistent challenges face GCSE resit students and their teachers. If the sector is serious about improving outcomes, CPD, funding,...
EPI calls for ‘targeted reforms’ to help students ‘who feel trapped on the resit treadmill’
