Sir Michael Wilshaw: Calls to bring back grammar schools are ‘tosh and nonsense’
England’s top schools watchdog has hit out at plans to bring back grammar schools – saying claims they help poorer pupils are “tosh and nonsense.”
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Urban areas facing ‘apprenticeship desert’ unless programme reforms are fixed
The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) say the government’s proposals for funding apprenticeships will put provision for young people in disadvantaged urban areas at risk.
Henry Smith MP: Awareness essential for tackling blood cancer
Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Blood Cancer Henry Smith explains the UK is a world leader in research but adds there is much more to do.
Children ‘at risk’ after schools drop PSHE safety lessons
The PSHE Association has issued a warning to the Government over serious risks to child safety.
Employers and training providers to road-test the new digital apprenticeship service
Employers and training providers to road-test the new digital apprenticeship service
More than half of companies are failing to embrace internal social networking tools
More than half of organisations are not taking advantage of the power of social networks within the workplace, leading real-time collective intelligence tool Crowdoscope has shown.
Utilities leaders urged to embrace apprenticeship levy opportunity
Ahead of the new apprenticeship levy, a leading utilities training specialist is urging industry to embrace the opportunity.
