AoC Blog

As pension schemes go, the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) is one of the biggest in the country. One in every 30 people in England is either a member...

It was a busy long weekend for the Government. We finally have the long-awaited Government response to the T Level consultation, we know which...

When I was at school, many moons ago, there would be frequent reference in assemblies to education being a drawing out of an individual’s talents,...

‘It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him’ said JRR Tolkien in The Hobbit, and I must say that as I look...

Mergers, devolution of the adult education budget, Ofsted inspections, Post-16 Skills Plan and T Levels, apprenticeship reforms, GCSE reforms,...

In this week's Autumn Budget, the Treasury announced an £80 million budget for post-16 maths. It is not clear where the money comes from or how it...

Today's Autumn budget comes at a tricky time for the government in its negotiations with the European Union (EU). The UK wants to move the...

I don’t envy the Chancellor in the weeks leading up his Budget speech on 22nd November. I’ve experienced what it is like from a Departmental...

Here’s what I would like the Chancellor to say when he stands up to present his Autumn Budget on 22nd November. “Mr Speaker, Our country faces...

It’s now less than four weeks until the Chancellor of the Exchequer announces his Autumn Budget. My message to Philip Hammond is simple. What’s...