New regulations from the government’s alternative provision (AP) reforms directs that schools will be held accountable for the achievement of pupils they exclude until the child has been accepted at another mainstream school.
Ofsted has published a report which found that a number of young people with learning difficulties are unable to reach their potential due to a lack of support and are often poorly prepared for adult life.
During a speech at the Mayor of London’s Summit on School Music, Schools Minister Nick Gibb has declared that a good music education should be at the heart of every school in England and that quality should not be affected by the uptake of EBacc GCSE subject
The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission has published a report urging the government to do more to deliver apprenticeships for young people, with enrolments for under-25s flatlining.
The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) and the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference have warned that pupils could be harmed by Ofqual’s proposals to make it harder for schools to successfully challenge GCSE and A-level grades.
Ofqual has announced plans to include extra scrutiny over the standards of new A-level maths papers, examining the levels of difficulty the papers currently test.
According to research by the Skills Funding Agency, businesses place apprentices at the heart of their plans to rise to the top and claim recruiting the right people is an essential step to helping them grow.
According to figures published by the Department for Education (DfE), the proportion of young people in education and training across England has risen.
According to data from exams watchdog Ofqual, just 66 of 156 specifications have been accredited, leaving 58 per cent of exam papers still in draft form.
Pupils who attend private schools receive the equivalent of two extra years of education by the time they are 16 compared to their state school peers, new research suggests.
