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Home-educated students deserve fair access to exams, say MPs
It is "not reasonable" that some home-educated young people have poor access to public examinations, warns the House...
Ofqual's statement on summer 2012 EAR statistics
An Ofqual spokesperson said: "These figures show a significant increase in the number of Enquiries About Results (EARs) for GCSEs...

Review of Qualifications for 14 to 19-year-olds published
Deputy Minister for Skills Jeff Cuthbert has today received the final report of the Review of Qualifications for 14 to...
Richard review into future of apprenticeships published
An independent review of apprenticeships published today calls on the Government to improve their quality and make them...

Colleges celebrate their success in the TES FE Awards 2012
Martin Doel, Chief Executive of the Association of Colleges, said: "We take a great deal of pride in the work...
Ofqual announces changes to A levels
Ofqual has today announced that from next year students in England will no longer be able to sit A level exams in January, after the proposal...

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