Assessment, Young people

A-level results 2024: A* grades rise by 8%

Top grades up slightly on last year - but huge rise in students getting three A*s

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Assessment, Young people

T Level results 2024: Fewer dropouts but pass rate dips below 90%

Proportion receiving top grades has also fallen significantly

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Assessment, Young people

Attainment figures are meaningless for colleges. We should ditch them

The sector is accomplishing something remarkable - but it is very much in spite of incentives to do otherwise

JL Dutaut
Andrew Otty
Young people

There is still time for Labour to protect student choice

It's hard to believe that a secretary of state committed to prioritising working-class and disadvantaged students would abandon these...

JL Dutaut
James Kewin
Young people

BTECs pause and review: Everything you need to know

DfE to conclude review of defunding reforms by December, but Labour accused of ‘betrayal’ amid lack of long-term pause

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Young people

NEET support programme extended with £2.5m boost

Careers education body receives extra cash for careers support pilot to 1,500 more young people

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Young people

Policy for 16-19 is finally catching up with the evidence

EPI's new report opens the door to a better evidence-based approach to further education funding and support

JL Dutaut
Sarah Waite
Young people

EPI’s blueprint for a 16-19 student premium

Think tank sets out how to introduce the hoped-for policy amid significant disadvantage gap

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Young people

A comprehensive model for post-16 vocational qualifications

Contrary to some suggestions, learners and the economy will be better served by broadening choice rather than restricting it

JL Dutaut
Freya Thomas Monk