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Devolution must not treat London as the place that copes
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Budget 2026: Apprentice minimum wage to rise to £8.31 an hour
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Growing T Levels from 24 to 825 students showed that employer capacity, staff and support make or break reform
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£120k boost for post-16 pupil premium campaign
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Fresh research will seek to overturn years of government resistance to extra funding for disadvantaged 16 to 19s
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DWP picks 12 providers for national jobs guarantee
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Councils ignore Milburn’s NEET taskforce call
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Jobs guarantee scheme to be expanded to disabled young people
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New ‘vocational GCSEs’ to replace KS4 technical awards
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‘Rushed rollout’ of V Levels risks damaging brand, survey warns
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Let levy funds pay foundation apprentice wages and create VCSEs, says Fabian Society
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Mayors’ 16-19 budgets won’t cover apprentices
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Ofqual extends on-screen testing to accountancy V Level
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10 Sep 2026
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42,000 college students are ‘hidden NEETs’, children’s commissioner finds
9 Sep 2026
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True number of young NEETs could be almost twice the official figure because of severe absence
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DfE to publish overall T Level scores for each college
1 Sep 2026
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New accountability rules will also reveal 16-19 performance at individual colleges within groups for first time
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Ofsted to review NEET prevention strategies
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GCSE resits 2026: English and maths pass rates fall as entries surge
20 Aug 2026
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VTQ and T Level results 2026: 8 key trends
13 Aug 2026
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