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An important milestone for V Certs

By David Grailey, Chief Executive, Monday 20 April 2015

David Grailey

Firstly, welcome back after the Easter break! An important milestone in your annual school calendar, I’m sure. No doubt a busy term lays ahead for you and your school. To support you with the delivery of all NCFE qualifications, we’ll look forward to continuing to support you with our award winning service during this busy time. Last term NCFE also hit a very important milestone. But before I go into that I’d like to give a little bit of context. In September 2013 we saw the first Year 11 pupils begin their V Cert studies with NCFE. As a new range of qualifications designed to respond to the Department for Education (DfE) performance table we were certain of their value to you and your pupils.

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Securing access to childcare

By Kristina Gray, Communications Assistant, Monday 20 April 2015

Kristina Blog

The build-up to the general election has seen the topic of childcare discussed by all of the major political parties. Various pledges have been made in relation to accessing childcare, some of the highlights of these are; Labour: Labour want to ensure all primary schools guarantee access to childcare from 8am-6pm, and also extend free childcare from 15 to 25 hours for working parents of 3 and 4 year-olds.

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Policy Corner - 17 April 2015

By Andrew Gladstone-Heighton, Policy Leader, Friday 17 April 2015

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‘Everybody has A*s – employers want character’ (p10) – John Cridland, Director-General of the business lobbying organisation the CBI, wants schools to do more to develop character – he said in an interview with TES that his members would look "at all elements of a learner’s CV, rather than merely the qualifications, because everybody has A*s." He also called for Ofsted to judge schools on the holistic development of pupils, looking at a students’ ‘whole education’ – which has aligned with recent announcements from Education Secretary Nicky Morgan and Labour’s Tristram Hunt.

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Policy Corner - 27 March 2015

By Andrew Gladstone-Heighton, Policy Leader, Friday 27 March 2015

Andrew Gladstone-Heighton

We need plus-size prep for ‘big fat GCSE’, teachers say (p12) – Maths teachers are asking for the launch of the new 9-1 graded GCSEs to be delayed by a year to allow for sufficient preparation time, as no sample materials have been released to schools in advance of the GCSEs. The new ‘Big fat GCSEs’ will be rolled out from September 2015, and because of a row over standards, the practice and sample materials won’t be rolled out until April at the earliest. The Association of Teachers of Mathematics has written to Ofqual requesting that "it would be prudent to delay the introduction of the new GCSEs by a year."

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Consumers trust employers delivering Apprenticeships

By , Thursday 26 March 2015

Apprenticeships is the topic on everyone’s lips at the moment, with cross-party pledges to increase the number of young people undertaking Apprenticeships following the General Election, and a successful Apprenticeship Week highlighting the benefits of the scheme to businesses, educational institutions and learners. The evidence supporting Apprenticeships as a viable education path to take continues to grow, as research has shown customers favour businesses with Apprentices over those who don’t use Apprenticeship schemes at all.

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