ESFA Update Issue 401

Latest from the ESFA (former SFA) including: 1. Supporting employers to engage their end-point assessment organisation; 2. Advanced Learner Loans provider seminars; 3. Withdrawal of frameworks by Issuing Authority; 4. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Halfon Calls for GCSEs to be Scrapped

Former skills minister and current chair of the Education Select Committee, Rob Halfon MP, has called for GCSEs to be scrapped. This article by Alice Barnard, Chief Executive of The Edge Foundation looks at whether the new GCSE gradings are understood by employers and...