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GCSE students receiving results ‘undoubtedly affected by Covid disruption’

The Education Secretary said students showed “remarkable resilience” despite the disruption to their education

The Independent UK

GCSE cohort receiving results ‘undoubtedly affected by Covid disruption’

Many of the pupils who sat their GCSEs this summer were in Year 6 when schools closed because of the pandemic.

Evening Standard

Pupils receiving GCSE results ‘may face more competition for sixth form places’

Competition for the most selective sixth forms would be ‘fiercer’ after the VAT change on private school fees, one education expert said.

Evening Standard

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Sixth form college teachers to begin strike action in pay dispute

National Education Union members across 32 sixth form colleges in England will stage their first walkout with two more days planned for next week.

Evening Standard

Oxford University says it will not base admissions on botched online tests

Sixth formers said tests displayed incorrect questions, repeatedly crashed or failed to record answers

The Guardian - UK

Many students will have no suitable course of study under ‘reckless’ BTec plans

Young people will ‘pay the price’ if plans to withdraw funding for a number of applied general qualifications, such as BTecs, go ahead, report warns.

The Independent UK

Eton given green light to open selective sixth forms in education ‘cold spots’

The prestigious private school will contribute about £1 million a year per college on top of current funding levels.

The Independent UK

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Pause post-16 education shake-up or risk worsening skills shortages, warn MPs

Rushing the withdrawal of funding for applied general qualifications could narrow student choice, the Education Committee said.

The Independent UK

Further education colleges in England face losing financial independence

Government likely to treat FE sector as ‘big schools’, removing autonomy over borrowing and investment

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