To download the PDF please click here 2013/4 Main talking points A lot of consultations at the moment. Consultation on the National Curriculum drew nosily to a close earlier this month while those on secondary school accountability, school system efficiency, vocational qualifications at Key Stage 5 and apprenticeships are all due to complete in the…
To download the PDF please click here 2013/3 Main talking points A generally education-lite Budget provided the set piece occasion of the month although there were some important related pronouncements on growth, pay, sector strategies and efficiency. Away from the Budget, the month also saw subject specialists out in force about revisions to the National…
To download the PDF please click here 2013/2 Main talking points A busy month for schools with an orderly retreat sounded around some of the proposed changes to the Key Stage 4 exams system and further consultation launched on both the emerging National Curriculum and a more balanced secondary school accountability framework. For FE the…
To download the PDF please click here Main talking points Little sign of a thaw here with 24 top education measures listed as still outstanding in the Government’s mid-term review launched at the start of this month. Evidence of momentum this month includes for schools, announcements on A level reform and a report on EBCs,…
To download the report please click here Main talking points A big month for learning and skills with the CBI Conference, the AoC Conference and this year, the Skills Show following in quick succession and provoking a range of announcements. Not much quieter elsewhere with notable developments on performance tables, A levels and apprenticeships and…
To download the report please click here Main talking points October is traditionally a heavy month for policy announcements and Oct 2012 has been no different with some significant Conference speeches and some hefty Reports. Three Reports, all listed here, perhaps best capture where interest is at its sharpest. For schools, the Education Committee Report…
To download please click here Main talking points A month which has seen some new faces at both Education Depts but some familiar challenges continuing. For schools, GCSE issues still prevail with the added twist that consultation on a successor qualification is now under way. Elsewhere the month has seen more money announced for the…
Main talking points A month as ever dominated by exam results with, at the time of writing, a number of issues still under scrutiny as Ofqual takes in responses to its interim report on GCSE English. Elsewhere, the month saw a new body proposed for FE, the latest in a series of Reviews completed for…
Please feel free to print and/or forward as required using the link here Main talking points This month saw the exam season draw to a close and attention start to shift towards the forthcoming results days instead. Exams, however, in some form remained important with Reports from the Select Committee in England and the…
Main talking points A huge number of Reports and Papers out this month (see below) with the Budget or at least funding generally, dominating many of them. Public sector pensions and pay apart, there was little in the Budget on education though many will have noticed the Chancellor’s continuing commitment to stick with current funding…
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