Consultation on Changes to Diploma Regulation

Performance table reform and transparency will raise standards and end perverse incentives

Sally Coates talks about the Teachers' Standards Review

Pupils 'shoe-horned' into EBacc subjects, say MPs

Review of vocational education – The Wolf Report:  Ofqual response

RE and the EBacc

Carol Vorderman says pupils should study maths to 18

10,000 Higher Apprenticeships to help business

National College designates 100 teaching schools in England

Review of Key Stage 2 testing, assessment and accountability

Education Secretary Michael Gove announces review of 14 to 19 vocational education

Pupils 'shoe-horned' into EBacc subjects, say MPs

Details of 16-19 bursary scheme published – 17 June 2011

Ofqual publishes Evaluation of the QCF Regulatory Requirements – 3 June 2011

DfE Business plan 2011 – 2015 – May 2011

RE and the EBacc

Review of vocational education – The Wolf Report:  Ofqual response

Wolf Review of vocational education – Government repsonse

Munroe Review of Child Protection

16-19 bursary fund

New bursary scheme announced for 16-19 year olds

The new Education Bill was published on the 27 January 2011, it takes forward the legislative proposals outlined in the White Paper (24 November 2010) and measures of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to improve skills including two elements of the reforms to higher education funding.

Review of Vocational Education – The Wolf Report

Support and aspiration: A new approach to special educational needs and disability – A consultation (Department for Education)

• Presentation to support the consultation  87kb

All Age Career Service – Careers Education

As part of a Government website rationalisation programme, from April 2011 Connexions Direct will become part of Directgov to offer wider online support for young people, bringing careers, work and learning advice and information together in one place. Connexions Direct is supported entirely by government funding and is subject to certain constraints on how it operates.

Young people continue to have access to the Connexions Direct helpline to provide up-to-date information on a range of teen issues, particularly careers advice and guidance. From April 2011, there will be links to the online helpline channels (e-mail, web chat) from Directgov and the helpline continues to be offered by telephone:  080 800 13219 and text message: 07766 413219.
The jobs4u database within Connexions Direct is no longer being updated. Current career profiles can be found in Next Step at nextstep.direct.gov.uk/planningyourcareer/jobprofiles/Pages/default.aspx.

By April 2012 the government plans to introduce a high quality, unified careers service. Both Directgov and an all-age service will provide clear signposting to other services including apprenticeships and Jobcentre Plus (JCP) services.