Anyone who receives daily email alerts cannot help but have noticed that funding or rather changes to the funding methodology is a hot topic at the moment. The recent DfE launch of a consultation on 16-19 funding coincided with an announcement from the Skills Funding Agency(SFA) ,a partner of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills,
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Yesterday I was visiting a school which, despite the lack of funding, has maintained an “Aimhigher Co-ordinator” who continues to work hard to ensure young people in his school have the best possible opportunity to move on to university. It was most heartening but is a real struggle at a time when the number of
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“I don’t think we can learn anything from you my dear” (A comment on State and Independent Sector Collaboration?) When these words were spoken to me I had taken a small group of ‘A’ level sociology students from my outer London comprehensive school to visit a very prestigious school in the independent sector. I was
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In this article , Kevin Munday shares some of the ways schools, colleges and work-based learning providers can work together to make Raising the Participation Age a reality…. The Coalition Government has confirmed, through the ‘Importance of Teaching’ White Paper and Spending Review announcements, that it will maintain the statutory commitment to raise the learning leaving
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Against a backdrop of uncertainty and gloom over proposed changes to 16 -19 funding, reported decreases in the numbers of 16 – 18 year olds enrolling on courses, and redundancies brought about by cuts in funding, it is heartening to find examples of FE colleges continuing the tradition of rapid response and transformation by identifying
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We’re all familiar with the benefit of external collaboration to extend the curriculum, gain access to specialist staff and resources, share practice, better meet the needs of our communities and deliver learning programmes more cost-effectively. But we also gain from paying closer attention to embedding effective processes and cultures to support internal collaboration. Internal collaboration
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“Plan your 2012″ aims to support schools to inspire their communities by linking learning to the Olympic Games. The scheme offers up to £8,800 in grant funding to develop school and community partnerships to inspire young people to participate in sport, engage with the Olympic games, and build a lasting legacy. The scheme is now
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We may be know about the Sun newspaper’s coverage of daily events – but how do you feel about the Sun as an educator? “Hold Ye Front Page” is the Sun’s newly lauched website and part of the Sun’s Get Britain Learning campaign. The Sun describes the site as ” starting from the beginning of
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