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Essential Digital Skills
June 22nd 2020
An update on the free digital skills qualifications for adults that will be available from the 1st of August.
Guidance on assessment of maths and English qualifications
May 22nd 2020
Information and guidance available from awarding bodies on the assessment and awarding of maths, English and ESOL qualifications this summer.
Remaining apprenticeship frameworks to be withdrawn
May 20th 2020
The ESFA has reminded providers that all remaining apprenticeship frameworks will be withdrawn to new starts on 31 July 2020. From 1 August 2020, all new apprenticeship starts must … Read more
Estimating and Ranking in FE
May 14th 2020
Jonathan Kay, Head of English and Maths at an FE College in the north of England, writes on the challenges of estimating GCSE grades and ranking learners, especially in the context … Read more
#APConnect Live Event 2020Â
April 29th 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic took hold in 2020, our Conference plans had to change, and so #APConnect Live was born!
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.
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
T Levels – what maths teachers need to know
May 29th 2019
The new ‘T Levels’ (Technical Levels) are two-year technical programmes that combine study and workplace experience, and provide a vocational alternative to A levels. Ten General M … Read more
GCSE new grading scale: factsheets
July 6th 2018
Information about the new GCSE grades for learners, employers and further and higher education providers.
Qualifications in education, training and assessment: revised guidance
December 6th 2016
The Education and Training Foundation, working with a variety of sector bodies, has produced revised guidance on the qualifications in education, training and assessment available … Read more