Politics

Robert Halfon resigns as skills minister

Former education committee chair will also stand down as an MP at the election

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Billy Camden
Exams

DfE brings in minimum teaching hours for GCSE English and maths resits

Teach maths resit students for at least 4 hours a week and English for 3 or face funding reduction,...

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Billy Camden
Teacher training

Treasury plans apprenticeship levy funding restrictions

Move could affect viability of teaching apprenticeships

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Billy Camden
BTECs

BTECs: Reforms risk 155k students ‘falling through the gap’

Sharp drop in applied general qualifications and slow growth of T-levels will have 'calamitous impact', report warns

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Billy Camden
RAAC

RAAC: MPs to vote on releasing list of closed schools 

Labour to use binding Humble Address motion in the commons next week

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Billy Camden
Schools, uniform

Labour vows to limit branded school uniform items

Shadow education secretary says move would save families ‘hundreds of pounds’

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Billy Camden
Schools

Backlash over glue gun misconduct hearing

Teacher with ‘unblemished’ career avoids ban but is found guilty of ‘unacceptable professional behaviour’

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Billy Camden
News

Students ‘misled’ and teachers struggling: Ofsted’s verdict on T-levels

Watchdog calls for rethink of controversial plans to axe BTECs amid 'teething issues' with replacements

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Billy Camden
News

Heads call for 12-month delay to ‘reckless’ defund BTECs plan

Influential trust leaders including from Ark, Harris and Co-Op warn move would be 'disastrous for social mobility and economic...

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Billy Camden