DfE review of Level 2 qualifications
The Department for Education launched a call for evidence to inform its review of post-16 qualifications at Level 2 and below in November 2020.
Main Tag: GCSE
The Skills Workshop
The Skills Workshop website has free downloadable resources for teachers and learners of maths, English, ESOL and digital skills.
OTLA English and maths
Fifty-one providers joined the Outstanding Teaching Learning and Assessment English and maths programme to develop new support models to improve learner engagement.
Maths and English assessment and qualifications
An update on the assessment and awarding of GCSE and functional skills maths and English qualifications in 2021.
Government to fund catch-up tutoring for 16-19 year olds
The Department for Education has announced that as part of the tutoring fund, it will make a one-off, ring-fenced grant to provide small group tutoring activity for disadvantaged 16-19 students whose studies have been disrupted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Literacy in Lockdown – a case study in best practice
Literacy in lockdown: what has made ‘Yes We Can Read’ work so well at HMP Winchester? And why is its strength so evident in lockdown? This case study illustrates how this one-to-one phonics based reading programme is proving so successful in supporting learners who have previously experienced difficulty learning through traditional approaches.
High value courses for school and college leavers: a 1-year offer Â
The Education and Skills Funding Agency has now published information on additional funding that will be available for one-year for the delivery of high value subjects to prevent young people from becoming NEET. Subjects include maths, English and digital.
GCSE exams and functional skills assessments
An overview of assessment and awarding arrangements for GCSE maths and English and functional skills qualifications in 2020 and 2021.Â
OTLA English projects
This booklet contains summaries of 12 projects which researched new approaches for teaching English in the post-16 sector.
The AP Toolkit
The AP Toolkit aims to support those operating in Advanced Practitioner (AP)-types roles across the sector, and consists of a set of five guides and a set of development cards.
#APConnect Live Event 2020Â
As the coronavirus pandemic took hold in 2020, our Conference plans had to change, and so #APConnect Live was born!
Evaluation of the AP Programme 2020
The evaluation of the AP Programme 2020 is almost complete, and the final report will be released very soon. In the meantime, we’d like to sign off with a reminder of all that has been achieved over the last two years of the programme.