Academies veer towards vocational courses despite doubts over worth
Published in The TES on 25 June, 2010 | By: William Stewart
Official figures show impact of non-GCSE qualifications on league table standings
Academies are significantly more likely than other secondaries to use vocational and other non-GCSE qualifications that boost their league table positions, new Government figures reveal.
Among the most popular alternatives being turned to by schools [...]
TES letters 4 June
Skills leap too far
News | Published in FE Focus on 4 June, 2010 | By: Carol Taylor
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John Linfoot is misled by the necessarily short letter from me to which he responds (“Tests must get real”, Letters, May 7).
I was not defending specific literacy and numeracy tests: I was pointing out that the jump from Skills [...]
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