Young people

BTEC review terms kept secret despite transparency pleas

Publishing the terms of its review could have a 'corrosive' effect on good government, the DfE argues

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Careers, Young people

DfE hands over apprenticeships and T Level careers programme

The £3.2 million Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge scheme is now run by the Careers and Enterprise Company

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Young people

Revealed: Two college principals appointed to Labour’s curriculum review

Academy trust leaders, a SEND consultant and exam experts among those appointed to work with Professor Becky Francis

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Young people

Scrap resits? Yes, but we must go much further

Piecemeal reform of the resit policy is not enough. The new government must deliver wholesale change to a more...

JL Dutaut
Sean Vernell
Assessment, Young people

Bauckham: Assessment review should ‘look at’ GCSE resits policy

Ofqual chief says policy requiring pupils without a grade 4 to re-take English and maths should form part of...

Billy Camden
Freddie Whittaker
Assessment, Colleges, Young people

GCSE resits 2024: Maths pass rate up but English falls again

Resit cohorts rose substantially this year

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Students, Young people

How suspensions impact students in early adulthood

Young people suspended at school are significantly less likely to be in a sustained positive post-16 destination

Billy Camden
Whitney Crenna-Jennings and Allen Joseph
Assessment, Young people

Results 2024: 7 key trends from VTQ and T Level results

North West tops the table on T Level awards while engineering students most likely to struggle with industry placements

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Assessment, Young people

A-level results 2024: 8 key trends in England’s data

Here's what you need to know from the second year of 'normal' results since the pandemic

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth