Changes to the regulation of vocational qualifications in Northern Ireland 29/01/2016 Northern Ireland intends to move to a single qualifications regulator.
AS Level proving more popular than initially thought – for now 25/01/2016 Almost three quarters of schools are intending to offer de-coupled AS exams in summer 2016.
Schools will be forced by law to raise awareness of vocational routes to higher skills 25/01/2016 A new law is to be introduced to allow vocational providers to visit schools as part of careers advice.
School performance tables are changing 22/01/2016 Performance tables signal a change in the way schools will be judged in future.
“Bold ambitions” for English education 19/01/2016 New proposals call for more robust benchmarks of performance.
Learning and Work Institute aims to “inspire people to learn” 18/01/2016 NIACE and the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion have merged to become the Learning and Work Institute.
Timetable for Functional Skills consultation revealed 15/01/2016 Information has been released on the next stage of the Functional Skills review.
Regional inequality in education highlighted 14/01/2016 A cross-party group of politicians and education experts is examining inequality in education.
Call for arts subjects in the EBacc 07/01/2016 Prominent arts figures campaign for creative subjects in the EBacc.
New commissioner aims to “challenge all schools to perform better” 06/01/2016 A new National Schools Commissioner has been appointed by the DfE.