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Stephen Exley
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Twelve years without Ofsted - and still outstanding
Peter Symonds College retained Ofsted’s top grade after a 12-year gap between full inspections
6 February 2020
Why Wolf’s new skills job in Downing Street matters
Baroness Wolf has been drafted into the No 10 policy unit – which bodes well for FE, writes Stephen Exley
30 January 2020
Where apprenticeships are growing - and shrinking
Whether it’s between the North and South, or small and large businesses, gulfs in apprenticeship provision are widening
27 January 2020
The alternative maths GCSE curriculum: dead on arrival?
The MEI’s proposed new GCSE for post-16 students: a game changer, or destined to be forgotten? Stephen Exley reports
24 January 2020
Ofsted: College campus grades on cards, but not in 2020
Separate grades for college group campuses to be piloted – but changes ‘a way off yet’, Ofsted’s Paul Joyce tells Tes
24 January 2020
IfATE: Apprenticeship levy needs ‘stability’ not reform
Exclusive: IfATE boss Jennifer Coupland says she opposes ‘changing the scope or nature’ of the apprenticeship levy
23 January 2020