Childcare costs reduce, but concern over SEND provision gap

Annual survey highlights divide between eligible families and others Early Years childcare is becoming more affordable overall, but there are ‘serious gaps’ in access for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and those from poorer families,...

First subjects for new V Level qualifications announced

Campaigners welcome that funding for BTecs to be retained in the interim The first tranche of subjects available to be studied as V Levels have been announced, together with an expansion of T Levels. V Levels are new vocationally focused qualifications – equivalent to...

Call to be ‘more ambitious’ on digital exams

England’s largest exam board, AQA, has warned against moving ‘too slowly and too rigidly’, as it published its response to exam regulator Ofqual’s consultation on digital exams. Under Ofqual’s proposals, the four exam boards that deliver GCSEs, AS and A levels in...