Exclusive: Ministers considering overhaul of apprenticeship funding scheme to tackle youth jobs crisisEmployers in England are to be forced to pay more to train an older worker than a youth apprentice under plans being drawn up...
Read MoreExclusive: Former minister’s review warns that dramatic action is needed over huge drop in youth apprenticeship startsA national apprenticeship readiness scheme should be introduced in England to close the gap for young people...
Read MoreCourses such as finance and construction form part of PM’s push for education ‘that offers a path for everybody’Teenagers are to be offered a range of new vocational GCSEs under a radical shake-up of the school system in England...
Read MorePM wants curriculums for students aged 14 and above to be more responsive to local jobs marketAndy Burnham will tell schools across England to adapt their curriculums to the needs of local businesses as part of a devolution...
Read MoreHome Office minister responds to UQ from Chris Philp about the China spy case before question on Maccabi Tel Aviv fansThere will be two urgent questions in the Commons this afternoon, followed by a statement. Here is the running...
Read MoreHome Office minister to respond to UQ from Chris Philp about the China spy case before question on Maccabi Tel Aviv fansThere will be two urgent questions in the Commons this afternoon, followed by a statement. Here is the...
Read MoreConservatives had announced end of vocational qualification introduced in 2020, while Labour plans to review itGordon Brown has called on the new government to retain the Conservatives’ technical qualifications, which Rishi...
Read MoreHead of National Education Union says new qualification would need 5,300 additional teachers in EnglandRishi Sunak wants to scrap A-levels and replace them with a single qualification that includes compulsory English and maths,...
Read MoreReport criticises ‘range of shortcomings’ in qualifications intended to be equivalent to A-levelsThe government’s “gold standard” vocational qualifications, T-levels, have been strongly criticised...
Read MoreCoalition fears DfE may break pledges that only small percentage of qualifications will be replaced by T-levelsA coalition of former education ministers has attacked the government’s “disastrous” plan to scrap...
Read MoreConstance Bailey, from the deprived Seacroft estate, has a place at The Hammond School in Chester but cannot afford the costsBefore she was even accepted into one of the country’s most prestigious ballet schools, Constance...
Read More‘Skills for jobs’ white paper to spur growth of higher-level vocational and technical courses in EnglandThe government is to publish its long-promised overhaul of skills and vocational education in England, which...
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