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Eton could help run new elite state sixth forms in North of England under Boris Johnson’s ‘levelling up’ plans
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Feb 2, 2022
Why aren’t there more students in school sixth forms?
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Jan 17, 2022
Two north London inner-city sixth forms that are more selective than Eton
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Jan 13, 2022
Sixth formers could be offered Covid booster jabs
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Dec 22, 2021
ASCL comment on IFS report into further education and sixth form spending in England
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Aug 18, 2021
Big increase in student numbers means additional spending on sixth forms and colleges has done little to reverse decade of cuts in funding per student
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Aug 18, 2021
GCSE results 2021: Record grades sparks 6th form surge
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Aug 13, 2021
Why Eton and Star want to set up selective sixth forms
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Jul 7, 2021
Eton helps fund sixth form colleges for poorer students
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Jun 25, 2021
GCSE results 2020: glut of top grades is a headache for sixth forms
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Aug 21, 2020
First come, first served for selective sixth form applicants as grade hike causes record places demand
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Aug 21, 2020
We need more funds, say sixth-form heads
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Aug 21, 2020
GCSE kids ‘need huge Nightingale hospital-style drive to boost 6th form places’ or they’ll miss out, Gov warned
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Aug 19, 2020
Sixth form colleges cry foul over standardisation as principals report problems with A-level results
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Aug 13, 2020
The government must address ‘inexplicable variations’ in sixth form colleges’ A-level results
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Aug 13, 2020
Schools should consider greater flexibility over GCSE grades for sixth form
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Jul 27, 2020
Could school admission lotteries help generation Covid?
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May 28, 2020
FE minister writes to colleges about COVID-19 response
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Gillian Keegan
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Mar 20, 2020
Why I’m striking: a list of austerity’s devastating impacts
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Feb 26, 2020
Catholic sixth form in need of partner to survive, claims FE Commissioner
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Feb 25, 2020
Selective sixth-forms? Better than lending out the pool
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Feb 18, 2020
Sixth form funding hike still leaves schools with less than they had in 2013, minister admits
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Feb 3, 2020
Sixth form college in spat with UTC over ‘inaccurate’ data claims
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Jan 28, 2020
Gibb’s ‘No’ to state 6th forms' China recruitment plans
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Nick Gibb
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Dec 27, 2019
State schools plan to recruit pupils from China for £4,000-per-student cash boost
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Dec 26, 2019
Strikes in sixth form colleges
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Nov 4, 2019
Protect BTECs and boost sixth-form cash, say colleges
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Nov 4, 2019
Sixth form colleges strike and rally
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Oct 16, 2019
Union to present £700m sixth form college invoice to DfE
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Oct 16, 2019
'Sixth-formers'? The name is 30 years out of date
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Oct 9, 2019
Colleges that refuse to become academies in England denied more than £100m a year, analysis finds
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Sep 8, 2019
Threat of strike action at sixth-form colleges
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Aug 29, 2019
DfE officially reopens academisation option for sixth-form colleges
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Jul 24, 2019
Tes FE Podcast: Victims of their own success?
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Jul 8, 2019
Dozens of sixth forms shut amid budget cuts
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Geoff Barton
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May 18, 2019
School sixth forms forced to close across country amid funding cuts, figures reveal
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May 17, 2019
Call for 16-19 education funding review as report reveals extent of cuts
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May 13, 2019
Sixth form and college funding
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May 13, 2019
NASUWT comments on EPI sixth form and college funding report
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May 13, 2019
16-19 education funding: trends and implications
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May 13, 2019
ASCL response to EPI report on sixth form and college funding
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May 13, 2019
Sixth form and college funding down 16 per cent since 2010
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May 13, 2019
Sixth-form deficits 'unsustainable' after 26% funding cut
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May 13, 2019
EPI: Colleges stung by 'sharp, real-terms decline in funding'
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May 13, 2019
EPI: Proportion of sixth form colleges with in-year deficits rockets fivefold in six-year period
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May 13, 2019
Majority of schools with sixth forms post deficit as funding plunges 26%, EPI reveals
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May 13, 2019
Apprenticeships vs sixth-formers: will the DfE have to choose?
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May 3, 2019
Move work experience to sixth form and spread it throughout the year, says think tank
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May 2, 2019
Support for FE and sixth-form colleges
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Apr 29, 2019
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Apr 18, 2019
A-level courses 'cut in sixth-form funding squeeze'
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Mar 6, 2019
Half of sixth forms cut language courses
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Mar 6, 2019
Sixth forms drop languages A-levels due to 'inadequate' funding
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Mar 6, 2019
Catholic sixth forms suffer ‘double discrimination’
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Mar 5, 2019
9:30 a.m. - House of Commons debate re the future of Catholic sixth form colleges
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Mar 5, 2019
Teachers walk out for six days over lesson grading
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Mar 1, 2019
Further education corporations and sixth-form college corporations: governance guide
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Feb 28, 2019
Pupil premium provision in the sixth form
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Feb 26, 2019
Sixth form funding rates to remain unchanged in 2019-20
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Dec 12, 2018
16 to 18 funding to remain frozen for seventh year
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Dec 12, 2018
Tomsett returning to headship after escaping ban over affair with ex-pupil
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Dec 7, 2018
Number of year 13s re-taking English and maths GCSEs in November doubles
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Dec 6, 2018
FE sector welcomes Ofsted's FE funding 'wake-up call'
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Amanda Spielman
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Dec 4, 2018
Long-term outcomes: Does it make a difference if your school has a sixth form?
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Dec 4, 2018
Protests at the deadline for sixth form colleges’ conversion to academies
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Nov 16, 2018
Bill Watkin: We need to prepare for the surge of sixth formers
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Nov 15, 2018
Theresa May's figures in today's PMQs don't add up - sector response to the PM
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Nov 14, 2018
Ofsted watch: A ‘good’ week for sixth form colleges
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Nov 9, 2018
DfE accused of wasting public money with new £10m ‘register of external experts’
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Nov 2, 2018
Scotland: Pupil has to bike to three schools to access classes
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Nov 1, 2018
Raise the Rate campaign urges the Chancellor to increase funding for sixth form education
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Oct 25, 2018
Colleges and schools want more cash in the budget
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Oct 25, 2018
Campaign launched to ‘Raise the Rate’ of sixth form funding
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Oct 25, 2018
Schools and colleges call on chancellor to ‘Raise the Rate’ of sixth form funding
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Oct 25, 2018
School bans bags so pupil turns up carrying his books in a microwave
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Oct 22, 2018
Careers guidance for colleges
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Oct 16, 2018
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Oct 9, 2018
College accounts direction
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Oct 9, 2018
New report highlights £760 per student funding gap in Sixth Form Colleges
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Oct 8, 2018
Sixth forms hit by 21 per cent fall in spending since 2010
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Sep 19, 2018
Michael Wilshaw: FE sixth forms outperform schools
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Sep 6, 2018
College funding: early intervention and prevention
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Aug 10, 2018
Sixth forms ‘tighten entry criteria’ for A-levels after reforms
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Jul 5, 2018
Sixth-formers blacked up for leaving photos
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May 14, 2018
Shock leadership turnaround at London sixth form college
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May 10, 2018
Durham Sixth Form Centre paid ransom after cyber-attack
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May 9, 2018
ESFA: financial planning handbook and financial plan
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Apr 30, 2018
Exceptional financial support now available for sixth form colleges
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Apr 19, 2018
Colleges woo students with promise they won't have to take unpopular Welsh Bacc
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Apr 17, 2018
Catholic sixth-form colleges demand academisation protection
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Apr 13, 2018
16 to 19 Bursary Fund audit guide for local authorities: 2018 to 2019 academic year
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Apr 9, 2018
Full-time enrolment of 14- to 16-year-olds in further education and sixth-form colleges
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Mar 29, 2018
Cadbury Sixth Form College 'at immediate risk'
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Mar 22, 2018
School and college performance tables in England: 2016 to 2017
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Mar 15, 2018
Sixth-formers learn Hinglish to do business in India
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Mar 7, 2018
Sixth form college teachers’ pay for 2017-18
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Mar 6, 2018
Ampleforth School will offer Btecs
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Mar 2, 2018
A tale of two sixth forms: inside the East End Eton at the heart of Britain’s education divide
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Feb 5, 2018
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Feb 1, 2018
No sixth-form funding increase is imminent, Milton warns
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Jan 17, 2018
School of rock: Nationwide tour to find ‘roadie’ talent in England's sixth forms
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Jan 16, 2018
Sixth form with ‘dodgy’ legal status joins City of London Academies Trust
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Jan 16, 2018
Teacher who bought sixth-formers alcohol – and kissed one of them – can carry on teaching
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Jan 15, 2018
The Weekend Read: Are we looking at a new generation of super-selective sixth forms?
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Jan 5, 2018
Old-fashioned educational values offer the UK’s most deprived children a future
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Dec 20, 2017
Insolvency regime for further education and sixth-form colleges
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Dec 18, 2017
Minster launches consultation on college insolvency roll-out
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Dec 18, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 15 December 2017
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Dec 15, 2017
Deadline extended to have your say on our performance and impact
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Dec 15, 2017
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Dec 13, 2017
Sixth formers to move to site of UTC that never opened
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted annual report interview: Joyce backs campaign calls for more 16 to 18 funding
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Dec 13, 2017
No provider is too big to fail, warns Ofsted annual report
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Dec 13, 2017
College accounts direction
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Nov 29, 2017
Schools with sixth forms do not perform better than those without, says new research
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Nov 27, 2017
I was one of the 50
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Nov 24, 2017
£600 maths premium ≠ more maths A-levels
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Nov 24, 2017
Kent school denies rightwing agenda in 'unsafe space' scheme
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Nov 23, 2017
Budget: Teachers doubt impact of maths cash
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Nov 22, 2017
The 'unsafe space' school: 'To think they’re going to be brainwashed is an insult'
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Nov 22, 2017
The Autumn Budget - some useful initiatives but short of what is needed
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Nov 22, 2017
Statement from the support our sixth-formers campaign partners on the Autumn Budget announcements
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Nov 22, 2017
Budget response: Chancellor 'missed opportunity', FE leaders say
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Nov 22, 2017
Grammar school creates an 'unsafe space' where students can discuss sexism and Mein Kampf
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Nov 22, 2017
Budget: Chancellor announces £20m for T-level preparation
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Nov 22, 2017
Autumn Budget: Colleges to receive £600 for every extra maths student at level 3
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Nov 22, 2017
Budget 2017: Colleges to get level three maths funding boost
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Nov 22, 2017
Budget: More money for schools that attract 'extra' A-level maths students
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Nov 22, 2017
Kent grammar school plans 'unsafe space' including Mein Kampf
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Nov 20, 2017
Grammar school establishes ‘unsafe space’ for sexism and gender discussions
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Nov 20, 2017
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Nov 17, 2017
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Nov 17, 2017
One in four sixth-form colleges converting to become academies
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Nov 17, 2017
Colleges and higher education institutions notices to improve
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Nov 15, 2017
No sanction for teacher who made 'inappropriate' comments about staff to vulnerable student on Facebook
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Nov 14, 2017
Research round-up 10 November 2017
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Nov 13, 2017
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Oct 23, 2017
School open days are all about business. They put my teeth on edge
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Oct 20, 2017
St Olave’s School’s headmaster, Aydin Onac, suspended in A-level scandal
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Oct 20, 2017
Head of south London grammar school which kicked out struggling A-Level pupils is suspended
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Oct 19, 2017
Head of school that forced students out for missing grades suspended
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Oct 19, 2017
Grammar school A-level row head suspended
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Oct 19, 2017
Funding success opens laboratory doors for sixth-formers
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Oct 17, 2017
Support Our Sixth-formers: DfE urged to redirect 16-19 underspend
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Oct 17, 2017
Ofsted watch: Sixth-form college lifts grade to ‘good’ in mixed week
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Oct 13, 2017
Sixth-form students being 'short-changed', argue college leaders
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Oct 10, 2017
Headteacher outcry after £7m SEND pot assigned to academy expansion
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Oct 10, 2017
Schools open 3-year sixth forms to boost pupil numbers
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Oct 9, 2017
New academy trust pledges not to hire unqualified teachers
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Sep 26, 2017
FE principals angry with academy chain small sixth form plans
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Sep 25, 2017
Top Newham sixth form kicks pupils out half-way through A-levels
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Sep 22, 2017
Sixth form colleges’ cash crisis exposed
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Sep 15, 2017
Sixth form courses under threat as funding reaches crisis point
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Sep 13, 2017
St Olave's chair of governors resigns after exclusion controversy
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Sep 12, 2017
When state schools lead, independents follow
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Sep 11, 2017
Young people deserve more
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Sep 7, 2017
MPs urged to back Support Our Sixth-formers campaign
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Sep 7, 2017
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Sep 7, 2017
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Sep 7, 2017
‘Support our students’: MP Nic Dakin demands more funding for sixth-formers
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Sep 7, 2017
Nic Dakin MP: Cuts to 16-19 education funding is turning English sixth form into a 'part time experience'
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Sep 7, 2017
Urgent investment needed for sixth forms
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Sep 7, 2017
MPs urged to back funding boost for sixth form students
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Sep 7, 2017
Maintained schools with sixth-form funding: assurance guidance
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Sep 5, 2017
Before Aydin Önaç reached St Olave’s, we fought him over our autistic daughter’s care | Diane Taylor and Simon Hattenstone
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