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OTLA English
March 24th 2020
The Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment English programme enabled practitioners to research and develop new approaches for teaching English in the post-16 sector.
Ofsted proposing to withhold inspection reports until complaints are resolved
March 3rd 2020
Ofsted are consulting on proposals for revisions to post-inspection arrangements, including how complaints are handled about their work. The proposals, if agreed, will enable any q … Read more
OCR to withdraw from providing Functional Skills qualifications
March 3rd 2020
OCR intends to withdraw from providing English and Maths Functional Skills qualifications at Entry Level, Level 1 and Level 2 at the end of 2020.
Mathematics in Further Education Colleges
February 26th 2020
A new Nuffield-funded report into the state of mathematics education across England’s further education sector has found that major investment in leadership training and teacher pr … Read more
Multi-million pound support package to boost the FE workforce
February 5th 2020
Further education providers across the country are to benefit from a package of support, worth up to £24 million, so they can continue to recruit, retain and develop excellen … Read more
OTLA English: building a writing community
February 3rd 2020
Andy Convery, Research Lead for the Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment (English) programme, writes a review of two very productive writing days.
A new mathematics GCSE curriculum for post-16 resit students
January 29th 2020
The final report has been published of a project conducted by Mathematics in Education and Industry (MEI) to look into the feasibility of a new maths GCSE curriculum for post-16 re … Read more
Ofsted Annual Report 2018/19
January 21st 2020
The Ofsted Annual Report 2018 / 2019, published on the 21st of January 2020, presents inspection findings for further education and skills, early years childcare, schools and socia … Read more
New digital skills qualifications
January 16th 2020
An update on the progress of Essential Digital Skills Qualifications and Digital Functional Skills Qualifications through Ofqual’s technical evaluation process.
Leitch Report and Skills for Life
January 1st 2020
The final report of the Leitch review of the UK’s long term skills needs, published in 2006, called for 95% of British adults to have basic numeracy and literacy by 2020.