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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.
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.
Ofsted to review learners’ online further education experience
June 3rd 2020
Ofsted is carrying out an exploratory review of the quality of learners’ experiences of online education in further education and skills settings during the COVID-19-affected summe … Read more
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
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Remaining apprenticeship frameworks to be withdrawn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The ESFA has reminded providers that all remaining apprenticeship frameworks will be withdrawn to new starts on 31 July 2020.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
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