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455 school and college leaders have written to @bphillipsonMP urging her to pause the plan to defund applied general qualifications such as BTECs. @Jacqui_Smith1 #ProtectStudentChoice First 4 pages below - too many signatures to tweet!

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The moment we DID IT!! So, so proud of all of our brilliant partners - staff and students at schools, colleges, and unis, #ProtectStudentChoice coalition members, activists, and everyone concerned about this huge issue for young people and social mobility.

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Thank you to David Willetts for doing a sterling job holding government to account in the Lords yesterday for their shambolic plan to de-fund BTECs. The only sensible option left is to #protectstudentchoice .

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A thrill to be in the room as @AndyBurnhamGM lays out his vision for true parity between academic & technical education… which entails support for #protectstudentchoice . “BTECs will have to have a role in this system. We are very worried about the plans to defund BTECs.”

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3 years

The government wants to remove most applied general qualifications like BTECs. Today, 11 education bodies have signed a joint statement urging @educationgovuk to think again and #ProtectStudentChoice . Find out more here:

The Sixth Form Colleges Association is the established voice of dedicated sixth form education and...

Sixth Form Colleges Association

www.sixthformcolleges.org

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3 years

We've written to @GavinWilliamson today with our #ProtectStudentChoice campaign partners to say as clearly as we can: Don't scrap BTECs. Read the story and the letter here:

The Sixth Form Colleges Association is the established voice of dedicated sixth form education and...

Sixth Form Colleges Association

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Ahead of @educationgovuk 's announcement at 4pm, a reminder of the key issue from deputy chief exec James Kewin on @mrjamesob 's show on @lbc earlier:

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4 years

We welcome the decision by the Government to change course and award A level and GCSE students the grades they were given by teachers, in the absence of a workable statistical model.

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3 years

118 MPs and peers, including 3 former Education Secretaries, have signed a letter to @nadhimzahawi to #ProtectStudentChoice , saying that “Removing the vast majority of BTECs will lead to students ... dropping out of education altogether." Read it here:

Sixth Form Matters: Landmark new publication released

At a time when the government’s 16-19 policies are focussed on technical education and the skills agenda, it is important to draw attention to t...

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2 years

📣 Big #ProtectStudentChoice news! 📣 The debate on our petition will take place in Parliament on Monday 18th July at 4.30pm. If you are one of the 108k who signed the petition - or if you wish you had been - contact your MP and ask them to attend

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Our sixth formers have been underfunded and neglected by government for years. @SFCA_info Chief Executive makes the case for increased investment on @BBCBreakfast #SupportOurSixthFormers

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6 years

Good to see @AngelaRayner highlighting 16-19 underfunding in today's debate "At 16, children should have new opportunities ahead of them, but too often those are lost. Some £1.2 billion has been slashed from the 16-to-19 education budget, hitting sixth forms and colleges"

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6 years

Education funding is reduced sharply at the age of 16. We are calling on the government to take action against the underinvestment in sixth form education and #raisetherate

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3 years

Positive meeting with @nadhimzahawi @educationgovuk about #ProtectStudentChoice and the need to retain BTECs. Welcome commitment from SoS that decisions would be "evidence-led". A powerful case made by 6th form champions @JasonMcCartney @DianaJohnsonMP @rach_hopkins thanks to all

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4 months

Huge congratulations to our Chief Executive Bill Watkin who received his CBE at Windsor Castle today! Best wishes Bill from the @SFCA_info team and all of our members. You have made, and continue to make, an outstanding contribution to education.

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3 years

We're pleased that DfE has listened to #ProtectStudentChoice and delayed the withdrawal of funding of BTECs by 1 year. But funding should not be withdrawn for any BTEC unless there is clear evidence that it's not valued by students or employers.

The Sixth Form Colleges Association is the established voice of dedicated sixth form education and...

Sixth Form Colleges Association

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3 years

"For a government that's committed to 'levelling up' opportunity, scrapping BTECs feels like a very very strange decision" - SFCA's James Kewin explains on @BBCr4today why it's urgent to #ProtectStudentChoice

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6 years

Here's @NicDakinMP standing up for sixth form colleges at #EducationQuestions and making the case to properly invest in sixth form education and #raisetherate

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3 years

Excellent question from @JonathanLord asking the PM to #ProtectStudentChoice at today's #PMQs . It's good to hear some BTECs will remain, but it's key we don't get rid of any that are highly valued by students and employers. @WokingCollege

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4 years

At home: the national art exhibition for sixth form college students is launched today by @GillianKeegan @educationgovuk View the #6thformathome photographs at @SFCA_info 's online gallery:

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5 years

Strong and stirring speech from @NicDakinMP on 16-18 funding and what is needed by the sector. The case to #RaisetheRate could not be clearer. ⬇️⬇️

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6 years

'The particular pressures on post-16 funding are huge' says @CarolineLucas . 'I have two fantastic sixth form colleges in my constituency @BHASVIC & @varndean The @LondonEconomics report shows there has been a 22% decline in post-16 funding.'

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3 years

Extraordinary scenes in the House of Lords last night when peers delivered impassioned speeches to #ProtectStudentChoice and then won key votes to amend the government’s misguided plans for BTECs.A huge thanks to peers from the campaign coalition for their support. 1/5

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4 years

The process for calculating this year's #Alevelresults appears to have fundamentally failed, based on our survey of sixth form colleges. @educationgovuk and @ofqual must now revert to teacher-assessed grades. Read why here:

The Sixth Form Colleges Association is the established voice of dedicated sixth form education and...

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25 organisations representing students, teachers, parents, employers, schools, colleges, and universities all agree: we need a real pause to BTEC de-funding in order to #protectstudentchoice and keep opportunities open to disadvantaged young people.

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2 years

A missed opportunity from @educationgovuk this evening. Instead of accepting Lords amendment to delay defunding of BTECs, ministers persist with unrealistic timescale for an unwanted plan. #ProtectStudentChoice coalition will continue to make the case for common sense to prevail

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8 years

Class of 2016 at @priestleysfc make the grade with outstanding A-Level results #resultsday

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2 years

We've done it - so thankful to the brilliant peers on all sides who've come together to say #protectstudentchoice and agreed @LordBlunkett 's amendment to delay BTEC defunding by another 3 years. It's up to @educationgovuk to do the right thing and accept the amendment on Monday.

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5 years

Great to see the excellent @EmmaHardyMP at the APPG for sixth form education today. A great supporter of @WykeCollege and @WilberforceSFC and now a national champion of sixth form education in her role as shadow education minister:

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@SFCA_info

5 years

Watch @EmmaHardyMP make a powerful case at education questions to #RaisetheRate of funding for 16-19 education to at least £4,760 per student - a recommendation backed by the cross-party @CommonsEd :

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While you are in the business of myth-busting, why not make it clear that more than two types of qualification are available? Airbrushing BTEC students from results day is desperate stuff #ProtectStudentChoice

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@educationgovuk

1 year

Later this week, students will receive their A level and T Level results. With the return of pre-pandemic grading, there's been speculation about what this might mean for those wanting to go to university. We're busting some of the myths 👇

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As @SarahDykeLD says, there are hundreds of students @StrodeCollege whose courses risk being withdrawn unless @educationgov 's pause extends to all BTECs, not just the small number facing the axe next week. #protectstudentchoice

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4 years

As always, we see sixth form colleges punching above their weight in the quality of the education they provide. Huge congratulations to @BlackpoolSixth , @EastNorfolk , @NelsonColneColl , @GatewayCollegeL , and @QESFC for their #BTECAwards2020 wins and performances.

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@SFCA_info

2 months

Lord Sainsbury's attempt to bounce @UKLabour into abandoning its pledge to pause the scrapping of BTECs should be ignored. He should perhaps pause and review if publishing a report that sets out an expensive way of increasing NEETs was a good idea. @bphillipsonMP @Jacqui_Smith1

FE Week

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2 months

🆕 Former prime minister Gordon Brown and T Levels architect Lord David Sainsbury have urged the new Labour government to 'ignore' the party’s promise to pause and review the Conservatives’ controversial bonfire of BTECs

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It is deeply disappointing that @UKLabour has reneged on its pledge to pause the defunding of applied general qualifications. This decision is bad for students, bad for social mobility and bad for the economy. Full response below. #ProtectStudentChoice

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Citing @SFCA figures @CarolineLucas lays bare the impact of funding cuts on schools and colleges. 'The only way to address the funding crisis 16-18 education is to #RaisetheRate ' 'An increase in the funding rate of at least £760 per student will have specific outcomes'

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4 years

Delighted to see @EmmaHardyMP is returning to her role as shadow FE and universities minister - a stalwart supporter of sixth form colleges and #RaiseTheRate and a joy to work with.

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5 years

Thanks to the coalition of campaign partners who worked with colleges, schools, parents, students and MPs to help #RaisetheRate . This, combined with pension coverage and subject uplifts, is a welcome first step to giving 16-18 ed the funding it needs @sajidjavid @GavinWilliamson

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2 years

360 heads, principals, and trust CEOs have written to @educationgovuk to say #ProtectStudentChoice - and give us more than one year to prep for the loss of most of our BTEC courses. Devastatingly reasonable; we await a response.

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1 year

Great story on damning report into T levels @Ofstednews - more evidence that the @educationgovuk plan to scrap most BTECs is reckless unworkable. As a minimum ministers need to pause and review. #ProtectStudentChoice

FE Week

@FEWeek

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Breaking: Damning review of T Levels reveals ‘many’ students drop out after being 'misled' onto flagship qualifications, as teachers struggle with the ‘complex’ courses Ofsted calls for rethink of plan to axe BTECs amid 'teething issues' with replacements

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5 years

The #RaisetheRate funding impact survey is published today: Please share with your local MPs and urge them to support our fight to raise the funding rate for sixth form students in this year’s spending review.

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The @guardian editorial team are right: "It is shocking that we have reached this point." No A level would be subject to a 4-month review of its continued existence behind closed doors. #protectstudentchoice : pause the defunding of applied generals/BTECs.

The Guardian view on post-16 qualifications: the switch to T-levels has been botched | Editorial

Editorial: Colleges have been placed in an impossible position. Bridget Phillipson should heed their concerns

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5 years

We are looking forward to the #RaisetheRate debate in Westminster Hall next week. Make sure your local MP has Tuesday 25th February 2.30pm in their diary. An excellent opportunity to make the case for more investment in 16 to 18 education to support our young people.

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3 years

THREE-QUARTERS OF THE WAY THERE, but with 6 days to go! Can you help us #ProtectStudentChoice ? Sign here:

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2 years

A major piece of good news in the fight to #ProtectStudentChoice today: @dianabarran has listened to the passionate arguments of peers including Lord Baker and Lord Blunkett, and DfE will now only axe a "small proportion" of BTECs. Read our response:

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@SFCA_info

3 years

We're officially at 2/3rds of the way on the #ProtectStudentChoice petition - but we only have 13 days to reach 100. Can you help safeguard BTECs for young people?

Petition: Protect student choice: do not withdraw funding for BTEC qualifications

Reverse the plan to withdraw funding for most applied general qualifications such as BTECs and guarantee they will continue to play a major role in the qualifications landscape. Students should not...

petition.parliament.uk

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@SFCA_info

5 years

Watch @EmmaHardyMP make a powerful case at education questions to #RaisetheRate of funding for 16-19 education to at least £4,760 per student - a recommendation backed by the cross-party @CommonsEd :

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6 years

. @PhilipHammondUK missed the opportunity to #raisetherate today - he must do so in next year's spending review. Time to review priorities: £420 million to fix potholes but nothing to educate 16 to 18 year olds? And will the £400 million for 'extra bits of kit' apply to colleges?!

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5 years

. @GavinWilliamson uses his speech at the @SFCA_info winter conference to praise the innovative work of @FranklinGrimsby , @JohnLeggottColl , @Newman_College , @DSFCOfficial , @ncpontefract , and @Leyton6thForm

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6 years

Confirmation today that £ rate for 16+17 y/olds = £4,000 for 7th year in a row. Not good enough @educationgovuk - since 2013 costs have rocketed, gov has demanded more and the needs of students have evolved. Spare us the warm words and pet projects – it’s time to #raisetherate

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3 years

In last night's debate on the Skills Bill, @rach_hopkins was one of several brilliant MPs to back #ProtectStudentChoice , speaking from experience about the benefits of BTECs to students @LutonSixthForm .

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1 year

Absolutely beautiful day for the launch of #6thformmatters on the House of Commons terrace! We can’t wait to introduce our volume of fresh thinking on the future of sixth form education to the world this afternoon.

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4 years

. @SFCA_info Chief Executive will be on @BBCr4today and @BBCBreakfast this morning talking about our new report on the A level grading fiasco

A-level grades 'drop below three-year average', new analysis suggests

The Sixth Form Colleges Association says research shows students in larger institutions were failed.

www.bbc.co.uk

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1 year

#6thformmatters includes 6 amazing case studies from the sector - one of them by Ali from @HillsRoadNews . Brilliant to hear from her today.

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5 years

The #RaisetheRate letter from MPs is covered in today's Guardian, @halfon4harlowMP on 16-18 education: "funding this age group properly must sit at the heart of a 10-year plan and be a major priority in the forthcoming spending round.”

Unions demand increase in special education funding

Leaders urge government to boost funding for struggling schools ahead of review

www.theguardian.com

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4 years

Thanks to 6th form APPG officers @DianaJohnsonMP @JasonMcCartney @peter_aldous @rach_hopkins @CarolineLucas @carolinenokes @William_Wragg for writing to @educationgovuk today to urge that the £1 billion Covid support package is extended to colleges:

455 school and college leaders say: We need a pause to BTEC defunding now

The leaders of 455 schools and colleges (between them educating a third of all 16 to 19 year olds in England) have written to Secr...

www.sixthformcolleges.org

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4 years

"It's important to understand the bad things we've done in the past" so that we don't repeat them - which is why we have a duty to listen to calls from the #BlackLivesMatter movement and teach both Black history and the history of British colonialism. #SFCASummerFestival

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4 years

Great work from @StDomsSFC principal Andrew Parkin on @timesradio telling @hugorifkind why the process for awarding A level grades this year has failed and what this means for students. Lets hope someone at @educationgovuk 'gold command' was listening...

The Sixth Form Colleges Association is the established voice of dedicated sixth form education and...

Sixth Form Colleges Association

www.sixthformcolleges.org

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It's important to be clear: -This pause only applies to a small no. of technical quals due to be scrapped in 2024 (c. 40k enrolments) -It does not apply to applied general quals due to be scrapped in 2025 or 26 (c. 300k enrolments) Time to review the pause. #ProtectStudentChoice

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🚨 NEW: I've just announced a pause and review of the defunding of BTECs By doing so, we will: ✅ Support BTEC students ✅ Commit to roll out T-Levels ✅ Conclude the review by the end of the year

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5 years

The government has just announced that it will #RaisetheRate in 2020/21 - well done to all coalition partners, colleges, schools and MPs that helped to achieve this. £190m will not raise it high enough (detail tbc) but it ends 7 year freeze

Chancellor announces £400 million investment for 16-19 year olds’ education

Providers of 16-19 education such as further education and sixth form colleges will receive £400 million additional funding.

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6 years

Great question from @Y_FovargueMP at #PMQs today highlighting the impact of cuts and underfunding of sixth form education, and ending with a call to #raisetherate . These are issues that apply to all sixth forms nationally. It's time to #raisetherate

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4 years

Confirmation today that free school meals will be available to 16-18 year olds in colleges over the summer (although at a lower rate than schools). Huge thanks to sixth form APPG Co-Chairs @DianaJohnsonMP and @JasonMcCartney for pursuing @educationgovuk on this important issue.

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5 years

This morning @SFCA_info has published its 2019 election manifesto - four key recommendations for all political parties to adopt. #SFCAmanifesto #RaiseTheRate

The Sixth Form Colleges Association is the established voice of dedicated sixth form education and...

Sixth Form Colleges Association

www.sixthformcolleges.org

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7 years

The excellent @NicDakinMP sets out the chronic underfunding of 16-19 education at the Westminster Hall debate #SupportOurSixthFormers

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2 years

TODAY IS THE DAY: The #protectstudentchoice debate takes place at 4.30pm in Westminster Hall. If you want to keep BTECs in place for future students, it's not too late to ring/email your MP and ask them to attend!

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3 years

The #ProtectStudentChoice petition has just hit 90,000 signatures! We have 3 days to secure the last 10,000 - WE CAN DO THIS! Please sign and help us to ensure that students can study BTECs in the future:

Petition: Protect student choice: do not withdraw funding for BTEC qualifications

Reverse the plan to withdraw funding for most applied general qualifications such as BTECs and guarantee they will continue to play a major role in the qualifications landscape. Students should not...

petition.parliament.uk

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6 years

Here's @Thelma_WalkerMP using stats from our Funding Impact survey to highlight cuts to MFL, to STEM subjects, and to extracurricular and support activities as a direct result of funding pressures #EduQs

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6 years

Another excellent speech from APPG vice chair and sixth form college champion @CarolineLucas in yesterday's debate on education spending #raisetherate

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4 years

Keeping the pressure on! Look out for principal of @sfcsapply Martin Sullivan and excellent students on @BBCNews at Six setting out what this year's A level fiasco means to them. Hope you are watching @ofqual @educationgovuk

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1 year

SFCA is very pleased that government has recognised the extraordinary work our teachers do, and has for the first time extended funding for a salary increase to all colleges, alongside schools.

The Sixth Form Colleges Association is the established voice of dedicated sixth form education and...

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Huge thanks to ⁦ @DanielZeichner ⁩, who today paid tribute to ⁦ @LR6FC ⁩ and asked the govt to do the right thing, #protectstudentchoice , and keep BTECs. The response? Kids can do the T level transition programme instead…which has a 14% rate of progression to T level!

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5 years

Congratulations are in order for our member @GodalmingColl , the first sixth form college to receive Outstanding under the new Ofsted framework!

FE Week

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Inspectors found they “make strong and sustained progress with their learning and achieve excellent examination grades”

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7 years

6th formers in England are now only funded to receive 1/2 the tuition time as 6th formers in other leading economies #SupportOurSixthFormers

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1 year

We are thrilled to have @miss_mcinerney as one of our contributors to #6thformmatters , and to have her speak to us at the launch today about the history of sixth form education and why we can’t take it for granted - particularly when it comes to our teaching workforce.

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4 years

Great coverage from @branwenjeffreys this week on A level results fiasco - well done to principal Mark Kent and students at @SOT6FC for making the case for change so eloquently @ofqual @educationgovuk

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4 years

New research by SFCA shows that calculated A level grades undershoot historical performance across 41 subjects in sixth form colleges. The algorithm has failed students.

The Sixth Form Colleges Association is the established voice of dedicated sixth form education and...

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6 years

New report: Understanding the funding shortfall in sixth form education published today by @LondonEconomics on behalf of @SFCA_info shows funding for 16-18 year olds needs to be increased by at least £760 per student, read here:

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5 years

A cross-party group of 93 MPs has written to Chancellor @sajidjavid urging him to #RaisetheRate in the forthcoming spending round. Thanks to all MPs for signing up in record time and during recess! @GavinWilliamson @hmtreasury

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2 years

The letter signed by Lords Blunkett, Baker, Willetts, Johnson, Watson and Baroness Garden can be read below. The #ProtectStudentChoice coalition is very grateful for their support and the letter deserves more than a @educationgovuk boilerplate response:

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5 years

Watch our APPG co-chair @JasonMcCartney make a passionate case for #RaiseTheRate at yesterday's debate. His excellent local colleges, @huddnewcoll and @GreenheadCol , deserve nothing less than £4,760 per pupil.

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6 years

Good speech today from @DamianHinds on the imp of extra-curricular activities - we know 67% of schools and colleges have reduced them as a result of funding pressures. More research welcome, but to really drive #socialmobility gov must start to fund 16 to 18 education properly.

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10 years

Thanks to @CandM_Network alumnus @OwenJones84 for supporting the #DropTheLearningTax campaign http://t.co/CGIID7Aj7K http://t.co/pxgpYzNpio

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Fantastic to see @SeemaMalhotra1 urging the government to ‘pause and review’ the defunding of applied general qualifications in Parliament yesterday. This is what responsible policymaking looks like. #ProtectStudentChoice

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@SarahDykeLD @StrodeCollege @EducationGov It's great to have @melanie_onn back in parliament, making the case for #protectstudentchoice and asking @educationgovuk to ensure all 134 AGQs, studied by 280k students, remain options for young people. @FranklinGrimsby

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While some sixth forms only offer A levels, others - including colleges which are the largest employers in their towns - now do not know until Dec whether they can offer ANY of their current courses in 2026. Imagine if even one A level's future was under this threat.

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It is deeply disappointing that @UKLabour has reneged on its pledge to pause the defunding of applied general qualifications. This decision is bad for students, bad for social mobility and bad for the economy. Full response below. #ProtectStudentChoice

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Here's @SFCA_info Bill Watkin on @BBCTwo @VictoriaLIVE outlining the impact of the huge funding cuts to sixth form education. Our sixth formers deserve better, the government should take action to properly fund sixth form education.

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7 years

. @10DowningStreet right to say that sixth form students need to be given skills they need to succeed - but why not invest while they are actually in the sixth form rather than wait until the age of 18? #SupportOurSixthFormers #TuitionFees

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@SFCA_info

4 years

"In my 22 years of teaching, I've never seen such a negative feeling." @PeaksColin , principal @WilberforceSFC , on the travesty of students marked down through no fault of their own on @Emmabarnett 's show this morning:

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@SFCA_info

5 years

Thanks again to #RaiseTheRate partners @NEUnion @ASCL_UK @NAHTnews and @NGAMedia for their vocal support at #togetherforeducation on Saturday alongside welcome campaign endorsements from @SadiqKhan and @LaylaMoran

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@SFCA_info

4 years

Great to hear fulsome and entirely deserved praise from @imranahmadkhan for @CAPACOLLEGE , which makes creative and performing arts available to all. We hope @GavinWilliamson does look into providing an adequate level of funding as promised. #RaisetheRate could be a good start.

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@SFCA_info

1 month

Our deputy chief exec James writes today in @FEWeek to explain what happened in parliament this week and how jubilation turned to despair for supporters of #protectstudentchoice as it emerged ‘pause and review’ didn’t apply to applied general BTECs.

Labour can still make the right choice on student choice

The 'short pause and review' is a disappointment to a sector that expected more for its disadvantaged learners

feweek.co.uk

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@SFCA_info

7 months

Today's excellent report from @LondonEconomics finds that funding for sixth form students must be increased by at least £710 per year - priority 1 in the SFCA election manifesto that is also published today #RaisetheRate :

The Sixth Form Colleges Association is the established voice of dedicated sixth form education and...

Sixth Form Colleges Association

www.sixthformcolleges.org

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@SFCA_info

4 years

Huge congratulations to @NicDakin55 on his knighthood. As Chair of the APPG for Sixth Form Colleges Nic was a champion of 16-18 education and a great supporter of the #RaisetheRate campaign. An outstanding principal of @JohnLeggottColl , an outstanding MP, and an outstanding man

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@SFCA_info

16 days

A compelling case to pause the plan to scrap BTECs made by @drcatheriner1 principal of the excellent East Norfolk SFC @EastNorfolk . #ProtectStudentChoice

Principal vows to use results success to lobby to keep courses

The principal of East Norfolk Sixth Form College says the courses are critical for building careers.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@SFCA_info

6 years

Great question from @NicDakinMP at #TreasuryQuestions : 'The national funding rate for 16-18 year olds has been frozen for 5 years. This is causing significant problems delivering for this key age group. Will the gov't do something about it before its too late'. #RaisetheRate

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@SFCA_info

6 years

Watch @EmmaHardyMP as she highlights cuts to courses, teaching hours, and pastoral support in FE, and asks the Minister to commit to no further cuts to FE. 👇

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@SFCA_info

6 years

Blizzard of questions on Sixth Form Colleges and 16-19 funding from @LauraPidcockMP @NSoames @BarrySheerman @NicDakinMP @AngelaRayner @gareth_snell and Kelvin Hopkins today at Education Questions – thanks for your continued support in getting a fair deal for sixth form students

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@SFCA_info

3 years

Find out more about why plans to scrap BTECs are so wrong-headed at and help us #ProtectStudentChoice

BTECs are under threat

Protect Student Choice

www.protectstudentchoice.org

Mike Ratcliffe

@mike_rat

3 years

Well worth watching Lord Baker arguing that moving wholesale to T-levels before anyone has passed one is 'educationally totally and utterly unacceptable'.

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@SFCA_info

7 years

Underspend in 16-19 budget must be invested in fairer funding for 6th formers @AoC_info @ASCL_UK

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@SFCA_info

4 years

Bill Watkin, @SFCA_info chief executive: it would be "entirely unjustifiable" to exclude sixth form students from the Covid catch up package announced today

BBC Education

@bbceducation

4 years

Coronavirus: £1bn catch-up tutoring fund for England's pupils

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@SFCA_info

4 years

"No individual student should see their dreams for the future slip away because of a statistical standardisation moderation system which is flawed and imperfect."

HNC

@huddnewcoll

4 years

In an extended Friday Thought, our Principal Angela reflects on yesterday’s exceptional A Level Results Day. You can read more here: @SFCA_info #FridayThought

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