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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.
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
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
Assess for Success
December 19th 2019
This programme, created by Manchester College, aims to improve the assessment of learners resitting GCSE English.
The OTLA English programme
December 18th 2019
Find out how participants in the OTLA English programme were able to improve the quality of teaching, learning and assessment in English in FE.
GCSE reforms have very little effect
December 16th 2019
Research by the Sutton Trust shows that the GCSE reforms of 2015 have had very little effect on attainment rates, and that the introduction of harder exams and the new grading syst … Read more
Focus on the #StudyGood Programme Community of Practice
December 9th 2019
The Community of Practice was an innovative element of the #StudyGood programme, and was based on the experience of its sister project, #APConnect.
An update on additional funding for 16 -19 year old learners
November 11th 2019
Details of how an additional £155 million will be allocated next year have now been published, with £35m being ringfenced for GCSE maths and English resits.
GCSE maths: an alternative curriculum for post 16 learners?
October 30th 2019
Professor Alison Wolf, whose 2011 vocational education report led to the current GCSE maths and English resits policy, suggests that there is great demand from adults looking to im … Read more