The government is offering a cash incentive of £600 to those who become childminders (or £1,200 for those joining via an agency). The Department for Education doesn’t yet have figures for the numbers who have signed up, but says childcare staffing rose by 4% across 2023 as a whole, external. However, the number of childminders…
If you don’t think your grade is right, you should first talk to your school or college. It will contact the exam board on your behalf and ask for your marks to be reviewed. If you still think you have been unfairly graded after a review, you can ask your school or college to appeal.,…
BBC/Hayley Clarke Tyra Packer’s anxiety has “completely disappeared” since she quit teaching The number of empty teaching posts in England has more than doubled in the past three years, the latest official figures reveal. The number of teachers has risen – but so has the number leaving. And the number of vacancies per 1,000 teachers…
Each exam is graded on a scale from A* to E. Grade boundaries show the minimum number of marks you need for each grade. They are decided by examiners and published on results day. Qualification Wales, which oversees Welsh exams, has said there is still a risk that performance in some subjects has not fully…
The numerical grading scheme was introduced as part of a 2014 curriculum overhaul by then-education secretary, Michael Gove. It put less emphasis on GCSE coursework than before, with grades in almost all subjects decided in final exams. The qualifications were designed to be more challenging, with exams taken after two years of study. Previously pupils…
BBC Late on a Tuesday afternoon at a community centre in east Newcastle, nine-year-old Lavender is at an after-school group being taught how to link economics to the maths she’s learning at school. This is part of a programme that’s nurturing her ambition to study medicine at university in 2033. That might sound improbable, to…
Most students will leave university owing money. The Student Loans Company says graduates in England leave university with average debts of £44,940. In general, most graduates can expect to earn more than non-graduates, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)., external However, it suggests the extra money earned from a university education has declined….
BBC It’s 07:00 on a chilly winter morning and a group of students has just arrived at Chanyanya Primary and Secondary school, a little over an hour’s drive south-west of Zambia’s capital, Lusaka. “You need to come early to school because there is a shortage of desks,” says 16-year-old pupil Richard Banda. “Two days ago…
T-levels, introduced in 2020, are vocational qualifications aimed at 16-to-19-year-olds, external in England, which focus more on practical subjects than academic ones. Each course lasts two years and is roughly equivalent to three A-levels. The qualification includes a mixture of both classroom learning and on-the-job experience, with a work placement of at least 315 hours…
A BTec – which stand for the Business and Technology Education Council – is a practical qualification. Courses are assessed through exams, regular coursework and projects – and sometimes, placements. BTec Firsts are Level 2 qualifications – meaning they’re equivalent to GCSEs. Students often take a mixture of the two. They can be helpful for…
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