Colleges and schools told they will not get funding for every sixth-former
Government should meet shortfall in funds to teach 16- to 18-year-olds, say angry teachers
Schools and colleges reacted angrily today to confirmation that they will not be fully funded for all 16-year-olds they enrol next year – and demanded that the government make good the shortfall.
If the the cash is not forthcoming, [...]
Union threatens to strike over Learning and Skills Council job transfer plans
As council winds down, employees fear government wants to move them to new jobs on worse terms
Strikes could disrupt the Learning and Skills Council’s final year and threaten the operations of the bodies that succeed it.
The troubled quango’s employees are angry about what they suspect are government attempts to move them into new jobs in [...]
Science GCSE standards ‘lowered’
Regulator Ofqual has made exam boards take immediate action after finding science GCSE standards had fallen.
Maths and English literature standards had been maintained but science was “clearly a cause for concern”, it said.
Its evaluations involved not only the new general science GCSEs but also the separate physics GCSE. It is now going to check biology [...]
‘Recession turns more young people into ‘neets’
Growing number of young people not in education, employment or training, government data shows
The number of teenagers not in education, training or work in England has risen since the recession began, official statistics show.
Figures published by the government today show the total number of 16- to 18-year-olds classed as not in education, employment or training [...]
One in four 19-year-olds fall short of GCSE standard
Anthea Lipsett
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 24 March 2009 11.49 GMT
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A quarter of 19-year-olds in England are still failing to meet the government’s minimum standard of five good GCSEs and half do not get two A-levels, according to official statistics published today.
In total, 76.7% of young people reached level 2, equivalent to five good GCSEs, in 2008 [...]
One in four 19-year-olds fall short of GCSE standard
More teenagers also choosing vocational qualifications rather than academic, according to new statistics
A quarter of 19-year-olds in England are still failing to meet the government’s minimum standard of five good GCSEs and half do not get two A-levels, according to official statistics published today.
In total, 76.7% of young people reached level 2, equivalent to five [...]
Need to Know - New GCSEs
Mike Baker speaks to Tina Isaacs about the new GCSEs
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School day starts later to let students have a lie-in
Why force teenagers to get out of bed early? One school has changed its hours to accomodate their need to lie-in
There are few more powerful urges than the teenager’s need to stay under the duvet when the morning school bell goes. Jon Barker, headteacher of Hugh Christie Technology College in Tonbridge, Kent accepts this and [...]
Warning that new GCSEs will result in higher grades
Head of exam board says retakes will bump up marks as another private school ditches GCSEs for alternative exams
Polly Curtis, education editor
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 19 March 2009 16.59 GMT
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The introduction of new GCSEs in September is likely to lead to more pupils getting higher grades because they will be allowed to retake modules to improve [...]
Stricken colleges ‘have only themseslves to blame’
Colleges started building works before they had final permission, say officials
Any colleges starting building work without final permission from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) have themselves to blame if they face bankruptcy, officials suggested today.
Colleges are claiming that they risk losing more than £100m because the government has suspended its further education rebuilding programme.
Some [...]
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