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
Young people

DfE told to abolish ‘overwhelmingly negative’ T Level transition course

Think tank says foundation year is ‘failing’ in main aim – promoting progression to T Levels

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
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
Young people

Our three recommendations to the government’s Level 3 review

The review must take students’ needs as its starting point to decide on the right mix of qualifications

JL Dutaut
James Kewin
Colleges, Young people

Why I won’t give up on our English GCSE resitters

English can be a powerful intervention for students’ mental health as well as their future prosperity. That’s why we...

JL Dutaut
Andrew Otty