The cancellation of exams including GCSEs and A Levels in summer 2020 led to a highly controversial process for issuing grades to students. This paper looks at plans for awarding qualifications in summer 2021. Updated to reflect Ofqual's January 2021 consultation.
Documents to download
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A debate on a motion on e-petition 229744 relating to college funding (321 KB, PDF)
The e-petition in question can be read on the Petitions website. It reads as follows:
We call on the Government to urgently increase college funding to sustainable levels, including immediate parity with recently announced increases to schools funding. This will give all students a fair chance, give college staff fair pay and provide the high-quality skills the country needs.
Funding for colleges has been cut by almost 30% from 2009 to 2019. A decade of almost continuous cuts and constant reforms have led to a significant reduction in the resources available for teaching and support for sixth formers in schools and colleges; potentially restricted course choice; fewer adults in learning; pressures on staff pay and workload, a growing population that is not able to acquire the skills the UK needs to secure prosperity post-Brexit.
On 1 November 2018, the government published a response to the petition: this can also be read on the e-petitions website.
The Library has already published two briefing papers relevant to this debate:
- 16-19 education funding in England since 2010 (November 2018)
- Adult further education funding in England since 2010 (December 2018)
This debate pack pulls together further parliamentary material, reports and news articles relevant to this debate.
Documents to download
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A debate on a motion on e-petition 229744 relating to college funding (321 KB, PDF)
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A debate on the UN International Day of Education has been scheduled for Thursday 28 January 2021 in the main House of Commons Chamber. The debate was selected by the Backbench Business Committee and will be led by Harriett Baldwin MP.
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On Monday 18 January 2021, there will be an Opposition Day Debate on access to remote education and the quality of free school meals. This landing page highlights some of the available data and also provides links to existing Library and other briefings on these issues.
