Ofqual has rebuked awarding organisation Pearson for preventable failures in an Edexcel A Level maths exam last summer. Ian Bauckham, chief regulator, said the problems caused “anxiety, stress and ...

More than two dozen councils have been ordered to improve how they track teenagers after new data found the education, employment or training status of 32,100 16- and 17-year-olds was unknown. The ...

A teenager who threatened to blow up Stafford College with homemade explosives has been jailed. Jagger Strang, 18, was sentenced today in Birmingham Crown Court after pleading guilty last month to ...

When a new prime minister or education secretary arrives, the further education world takes a deep breath and waits for them to say the thing. He didn’t disappoint. Burnham pledged an education system ...

Andy Burnham’s first speech since launching his bid to be the next prime minister was widely trailed to go heavy on ...

Work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden and his ministers will take questions in the House of Commons this afternoon shortly after 2.30pm.

I’m rarely shocked or even greatly surprised by statistics that show how unequal life chances are in this country, but I was ...

The country is set for its seventh prime minister in ten years, with Andy Burnham almost certain to take office next month.

Parental involvement in further education can be supportive, appropriate and genuinely in the learner’s best interests.

“Bradford’s proper sexy”, says Bradford College CEO Chris Webb. “Everyone wants to come to Bradford. But when I first arrived ...