Post-16 review continues with consultation on Level 2 and below 04/03/2022 A new DfE consultation seeks views on the qualifications that should receive public funding post-16 at Level 2 and below.
Reforms to Higher Education announced 25/02/2022 The Government’s response to the Augar Review of Post-18 Education and Funding has been published.
Regulatory approach for Level 3 qualifications proposed 24/02/2022 Ofqual has published its proposals for regulating academic and technical qualifications which it describes as serving as alternatives to A Levels and T Levels.
PQA ruled out 24/02/2022 The government has confirmed that it will not be pursuing post-qualification admissions to Higher Education.
November 2021 English and maths GCSE results published 14/01/2022 Nearly 100,000 entries were made for GCSE English language and maths exams in the November 2021 series.
Autumn 2021 series: A Level entries remained low 17/12/2021 Final entry figures for autumn 2021 have been published.
National Reference Test results show disruption had more impact on maths than English 10/12/2021 Performance in maths shows a significant downward change according to the results of the National Reference Test.
Autumn GCSE entries total 0.2% of summer series 26/11/2021 The number of entries for GCSEs this autumn amounts to just 0.2% of the summer 2021 series.
Inquiry: The Future of Post-16 Qualifications 24/11/2021 The Education Select Committee has announced an inquiry into post-16, Level 3 education and qualifications.
Post-16 reforms delayed by a year 16/11/2021 The Department for Education will be delaying any de-funding of post-16 qualifications at Level 3 by a year.