Secondary
Thursday
GCSE results: Half of English students get grade 4
Results for the more than 130,000 entries for English and maths GCSEs in the November exam series were published this morning
GCSE resit results day: Grade boundaries revealed
Students needed between 15.4 per cent and 17.3 per cent to pass the GCSE maths higher paper at grade 4, grade boundaries reveal today
Wednesday
BTECs: Williamson defends cancellation of further exams
Education secretary says, where students need to take competency assessments to progress to work, these should go ahead
T levels: Government announces £135m capital fund
Funding can be used to purchase specialist kit such as surveying equipment and engineering tools
BTECs: Exams should not go ahead in February and March
But where assessments enable a student to demonstrate the proficiency to enter into employment, they should continue
Tuesday
The answer to FE’s exams problem? Vaccinate teachers
Where technical students are missing out on learning vital skills, teacher assessment is difficult, says Paul Padda
Covid: Education and training places drop
Figures published this week show that only two of the nine regions in England offered more places than last year
For GCSE resit students, it is a bad case of déjà vu
Burned by the experience last year, many GCSE resit students are anxious about what happens next, writes Sarah Waite
Monday
Why DfE must tread carefully on qualifications reform
Government needs to consider the sometimes conflicting interests of employers, students and others, says David Hughes
BTEC debacle shows we are still too often forgotten
Despite some progress being made, further education is still being sidelined – and the recent announcements on BTECs are one example, says Phil Sayles
