Young people

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
Colleges, Young people

Harry Potter and the education policymakers’ mistake

J.K. Rowling got the ending of the Harry Potter series wrong – and education policy continues to emulate the...

JL Dutaut
Andrew Otty
Young people

How to move from ambition to action for all NEET young people

The Youth Guarantee is an encouraging step forward in tackling the worrying rise in young NEETs, but its initial...

JL Dutaut
Laura-Jane Rawlings
Colleges, Young people

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
Young people

EEF splashes record cash on resits research

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

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Young people

Ministers ponder carrots and sticks to curb NEET crisis

Young people's worklessness rates are at a nine year high

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Politics, Training Providers, Young people

Government must unleash ITPs to beat the population bulge

A temporary bulge in the number of 16- to 19-year-olds is a looming challenge, but Leeds is leading the...

JL Dutaut
Ben Rowland
Colleges, Young people

What would-be assessment reformers can learn from Just Dance

Writing me off as a non-dancer was a nonsense. So is writing off any teenager’s potential for reading, writing...

JL Dutaut
Andrew Otty
Colleges, Young people

FE lacks capacity for major reform, says curriculum review chair

English and maths grade 4 pass mark also labelled a ‘relatively random indicator’

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor