This very much chimes with what I wrote in my @ascl-uk.bsky.social blog this week in response to the PM’s pledge for schools to ‘guarantee’ post-16 destinations: www.ascl.org.uk/News/Blog/Oc...

🍎Happy @unesco.org #WorldTeachersDay2025. The impact of a great teacher should not be underestimated. Thank you to all our educators for everything you do to support children & young people 🍎

The Prime Minster announced a bold ambition this week, where schools will play a greater role in ensuring every pupil has a clear post-16 destination. This must be matched with infrastructure, funding and collaborative frameworks, writes @c-jgreen.bsky.social in her latest blog: ow.ly/tSFB50X6ac1

Welcome to @c-jgreen.bsky.social as ASCL Post-16 and Skills Specialist. In her first blog, she writes that post-16 #education isn't just about qualifications, and calls for holistic reform in the sector, matched by investment in infrastructure, services and support: ow.ly/uRVW50X0OSb

#ASCLmembers: September's Post-16 News is on its way to you now.

We welcome @c-jgreen.bsky.social as ASCL Post-16 and Skills Specialist, plus there's a summary of the key recommendations for #post16 #education in the Education Select Committee report 'Solving the SEND crisis'.

If you’re a @ascl-uk.bsky.social member with a post-16 provision, please do check you are subscribed to our post-16 newsletters to ensure you don’t miss out on any important sector updates.

Thank you, @ukshane.bsky.social , for approaching @ascl-uk.bsky.social to include me in your ‘Movers and Shakers’ section of @feweek.bsky.social 😊

Calling @ascl-uk.bsky.social Business Leaders. Our first online forum of the year is on 2 Oct. @melmoff.bsky.social Pensions Specialist will be joining us to talk all things pensions and we will be seeking your views on the #estatestandards and #schoolfoodreview.

Free as part of your membership.

A post-16 system that maintains breadth of choice is the best way for @departmentforedu.bsky.social to meet our future skills needs.
Let’s protect what works while we build what’s new.

#ProtectStudentChoice #FE #skills #educationpolicy

7/7

📊 The Sixth Form Colleges Association’s brilliant report ‘Creating Gaps, Causing Uncertainty’ shows the real value of AGQs, and the risks if they’re scrapped.
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#sixthform #FE #qualificationreform

6/7

Many of the most subscribed BTECs are in these sectors (see pic).
With T-levels & AAQs not yet seeing the same uptake, maintaining AGQs is a sensible move.
Let’s not risk losing valuable routes for young people. 🚏

#ProtectStudentChoice #curriculumreform #sixthform
5/7

The government’s priority skills areas include:
🔹 Advanced Manufacturing
🔹 Clean Energy
🔹 Creative Industries
🔹 Housebuilding
🔹 Defence
🔹 Digital & Tech
🔹 Financial Services
🔹 Health & Social Care
🔹 Life Sciences
🔹 Professional & Business Services

#skills #FE 4/7

Alongside this, a further pause in defunding Level 3 Applied General Qualifications (AGQs) is surely the best way forward - especially with slow AAQ and T-level uptake.

We must keep all pathways open into priority skills areas. 📈

#FE #skills #ProtectStudentChoice 3/7

This should increase confidence in AAQs moving forward, helping us continue to #ProtectStudentChoice and support a diverse post-16 landscape. 🌱

#qualificationreform #sixthform #college #FE 2/7

🧵Good to see @@departmentforedu.bsky.social has updated guidance to include new Alternative Academic Qualifications (AAQs) in 16-18 performance measures from 2026/27.
Providers now have surety: AAQs are approved, funded & will count. ✅
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1/7

Fascinating blog from @theeef.bsky.social on the definition of ‘Disadvantaged’ at 16-19. We need more ‘joined up’ thinking on this if we’re to mitigate the widening disadv gap, esp in the context of regional variation in outcomes & quals reform.
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