The first annual education spending report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies shows that the new money for T levels will be offset by cuts to FE. The chancellor Philip Hammond pledged £500 million in funding for T levels in his Spring Budget and in his Autumn Budget he announced an extra £20 million to [...]
There is an opportunity for FE teachers to develop innovative approaches for teaching new functional skills qualifications. The Education and Training Foundation will be funding and supporting 15 partnerships between post-16 providers to explore approaches to teaching functional skills. There will be grants worth £8,000 available, £6,000 will be in cash and £2,000 in in-kind [...]
Amid the exam reforms, tens of thousands of teenagers received their GCSE results in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In the previous year the GCSE pass rates fell and the number of pupils attaining top grades was the lowest point in a decade. This year the number of students receiving the top GCSE grades rose [...]
The Federation of Awarding Bodies initiated a judicial review proceeding in connection with the implementation of T-levels. The FAB insisted this was not a disagreement with the purpose of T-levels or the way the government had gone about the process of implementation, instead there were concerns over several elements of the procurement exercise, and the [...]