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Plan for jobs and skills
July 15th 2020
An overview of the government’s plan for jobs that includes a boost for worksearch, skills and apprenticeships to support economic recovery.
GCSE exams and functional skills assessments
July 15th 2020
An overview of assessment and awarding arrangements for GCSE maths and English and functional skills qualifications in 2020 and 2021.Â
King Street – a phonics reading programme based on the residents of King Street
June 24th 2020
King Street is a structured phonics-based reading programme, designed for group learning with both adult and teenage beginner readers.
OTLA English and maths 2020
May 29th 2020
A team led by ccConsultancy has secured funding from the Education and Training Foundation to support action research projects that focus on approaches to teaching, learning and as … Read more
Inspiration for post-16 English teaching from practitioner research
May 26th 2020
This booklet, which showcases reports of 12 collaborative action research projects that have produced inspiring ideas for post-16 English teaching, is available to download from th … 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
The AP Toolkit
April 29th 2020
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.
Evaluation of the AP Programme 2020
April 29th 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 … 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!
#APConnect Constellations
April 28th 2020
The #APConnect Constellations, which are our communties of practice, are an outstanding feature of the #APConnect programme for Advanced Practitioners.