While the headlines this year have gone to pathways and funding, the deepest apprenticeship reform is happening in a corner of the system most commentary...
Ten academic years ago, I wrote for FE News about challenging stereotypes, inspired by the late MP Jo Cox. As another academic year begins, I...
Almost a million young people in the UK are not in education, employment, or training (NEET). That’s a grim milestone that’s only marginally dropped in the latest quarter according to the ONS....
“Employers are far more likely to engage when they believe the organisation contacting them understands the commercial environment in which they operate.” We cannot solve...
The financial pressures facing UK higher education have reached a point where we need to ask a more fundamental question: is the problem simply that universities...
Higher and degree apprenticeships should be one of the most powerful drivers of social mobility. They offer the chance to earn while learning, gain real...
The hiring and recruitment space is experiencing more change than ever before. Just under a million 16 to 24-year-olds in the UK are now out...
Last week brought a welcome signal that the government is ready to rethink GCSE maths resits. Education Secretary Lucy Powell acknowledged that failing to get...
In a few short weeks, tens of thousands of young people fresh from receiving their A-level and BTEC results will head off to university to...
As August draws to a close, Further Education settles into a particular rhythm. INSET days land in the final week of the month, enrolment week...
A guide for local authorities and providers of alternative provision to completing and submitting alternative provision census 2020 data. Documents Alternative provision census 2020: guide…
This consultation has concluded Detail of outcome The Low Pay Commission has now published its 2019 Report, which summarises the evidence collected in this consultation…
Latest information and actions from the Education and Skills Funding Agency for academies, schools, colleges, local authorities and further education providers. Documents ESFA Update further…
Analysis of responses and decisions following a technical consultation related to new Conditions, requirements and guidance. Ofqual has today (12 February 2020) published an analysis…
This consultation has concluded Download the full outcome Consultation decisions: awarding organisation controls for centre assessments – regulations Ref: Ofqual 19/6588/1PDF, 419KB, 26 pages Detail…
Information for local authorities and institutions about high needs funding arrangements for the 2020 to 2021 financial year. Documents Operational guide PDF, 968KB, 61 pages…
Operational guidance for planning the local implementation of the funding system for the 2020 to 2021 financial year. Documents Schools operational guide: 2020 to 2021…
Applicants proposing to open a free school along with their applications forms, impact assessments and pre-registration inspections notes. Contents Free schools: applicant information Approved free…
Analysis of the effect that free schools, studio schools and university technical colleges (UTCs) would have on the local area. Documents Free schools that opened…
Guidance about teaching personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education in England. Documents Personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education HTML Details This is for:…
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