"You’re hired" - congratulations to the Advanced National Apprentice of the Year 28/01/2016 IBM apprentice, Joshua White, beat off tough competition to be awarded the ‘Advanced’ National Apprentice of the Year at a ceremony in London on Tuesday 26 January.
OCR’s 2016 Level 3 Cambridge Technicals confirmed for Performance Tables 2018 25/01/2016 To help with your planning, we’re delighted to confirm that the majority of OCR’s 2016 Level 3 Cambridge Technicals vocational suite have been included on the 16-19 Key Stage 5 Performance Tables for 2018 in England.
#PositiveAboutPractical and cat genetics – OCR Science at ASE 2016 11/01/2016 OCR’s Science team welcomed hundreds of teachers to their stand at this year’s Association for Science Education (ASE) conference in Birmingham.
Seasonal tweets and looking ahead to 2016 21/12/2015 As we near the end of 2015, we've been celebrating the past year in tweets and are looking ahead to ASE and BETT in January 2016.
Performance points for Cambridge Nationals confirmed 18/12/2015 OCR’s popular Level 1/2 Cambridge Nationals taught from 2016 will be included on the Department for Education’s Performance Tables for 2018 in the Technical Award category.
Carpe diem and study Latin, the cool new subject 17/12/2015 Today, the Roman festival of Saturnalia, OCR unveils its new Latin GCSE which has been accredited for teaching from September 2016.
Ofqual reports on 2015 EARs and Malpractice 10/12/2015 Figures released by Ofqual in its annual statistical report on Enquiries About Results (EARs) show that despite an increase in the number of EARs received by exam boards in 2015, they were resolved at a faster rate.
OCR celebrates 25 years of Progress in Coventry 30/11/2015 OCR today celebrates 25 years of vocational qualifications created from its offices at Progress House in Coventry. OCR is marking the milestone with events for staff and partners from schools, colleges and businesses in the local area.
New Cambridge Technical in Sport to focus on grassroots sport sector skills 27/11/2015 OCR’s new Level 3 Cambridge Technical in Sport and Physical Activity has been designed with reversing the general decline in grassroots sports participation, getting more people active and improving the nation’s health in mind.