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Key Skills reprieved for apprentices only.

Taken from the TES on 16th July bu Jonathan Wells of Guroo Functional Skills
Key skills, which are being phased out in favour of functional skills, have won a stay of execution as the Government seeks further discussions on the way forward in apprenticeships.
John Hayes, the further education minister, told the annual conference of the Association [...]

New GCSE course in personal finance teaches pupils how to manage money

This should really be part of PLTS in the diploma in my view - Jonathan Wells Guroo Functional Skillsl
I used to switch off when the business news came on GMTV in the morning as I was getting ready for school,” confesses Emily, a Year 8 pupil at Coloma Convent School in the south London suburb [...]

Is the end of BSF a bad thing for diplomas?

Jonathan Wells of Guroo Functional Skills writes
The withdrawal of the Building Schools for the Future programme is likely to bring forward a number of content projects in schools strangely in my opinion!
BSF was often the “get in the way” for lots of developments. Because it was so big and took such a lot of time [...]

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