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Money being wasted on badly-managed colleges, say MPs

Value for money hard to judge due to accounting inconsistencies in £6bn spending, public accounts committee warnsThe government is wasting money by funding poorly-managed colleges, a powerful committee...

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Core subjects are key to education reform

Schools must specify compulsory subjects up to the age of 16 if Britain is to close the gap with its international peersThe indicators are not good. This week's OECD performance measures, Education at...

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One in four young people get no careers advice, survey shows

Poll shows 28% of those studying apprenticeships, BTecs and GNVQs are missing out on careers counsellingA quarter of teenagers say they have never received any careers advice, according to a poll.The...

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Can online careers advice work?

The role of employment advisers is diminishing as web-based services come to the fore, but what about the personal touch?Margaret-Anne Mackenzie left school in April without any qualifications. "I...

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Academy schools attain fewer good GCSEs, study shows

Local authority schools with a similar pupil intake performed better, according to new analysis of government figuresAcademies are under-performing compared with other state schools, raising doubts...

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Parent files police complaint after teacher reads Ender’s Game to pupils

A teacher in South Carolina is on adminstrative leave after the parent of a 14-year-old complained that Orson Scott Card's classic novel was 'pornographic'Violent teenagers struggling to survive in...

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Anxious, austerity-minded, but worldly: the young Britons of Generation A

Today's teenagers, faced with economic uncertainty, will confront huge challenges. The good news? They seem singularly well-equipped for the task, according to a major new surveyFour young people from...

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Pretty Awful

England almost at the bottom of the international league table. Perhaps it's time we stopped focussing on managing borderline line passes in GCSE and started actually problem solving, doing the basics...

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Guroo Open Training for Functional Skills

Guroo Open Training Sessions Guroo Open Training is a three hour training session (including break) on how to use Guroo to support the teaching of Functional Skills. A new innovative method of...

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Functional Skills newsletter

In this issue we come back to the issue of English and maths and how policy is developing.  Whilst the short term is secure (GCSE or Functional Skills) there may be lots of changes planned for 2017...

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Has the Government blundered?

GCSE - has the Government blundered? The largest discussion ever within the linked-in group Apprenticeships 4 England has centred on an issue raised in the last newsletter about GCSE vs Functional...

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And the best provider for Functional Skills is ……

Guroo  .....  The survey asked respondents to nominate the best provider across seven key areas of provision, choosing from BKSB, ForSkills, Guroo and Tribal.  The results of the survey from all seven...

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Guroo now support GCSE maths and English

Guroo announce full support for GCSE Whilst there is some uncertainty about Government Policy, there is no uncertainty about the support you can expect from the UK's best provider of solutions for...

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The value and rigour of Functional Skills

The value and rigour of Functional Skills The 2013 Functional Skills Annual Survey was completed by more than 400 respondents in the sector.  The results reveal very substantial (and growing) support...

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