# he government should ensure league table measures do not give schools perverse incentives to divert low-attaining pupils onto courses and qualifications that are not recognised by employers or accepted by colleges. # 16-19 students in full-time education should not follow a programme which is entirely 'occupational'. # Programmes for the lowest attainers should concentrate on the core academic skills of English and maths. # Students under 19 without a good GCSE pass in English and/or maths should be required to follow a course leading either directly to these qualifications or towards future GCSE course entry. Key Skills should not be considered a suitable qualification in this context. # Funding for full-time students aged 16-18 should be on a programme basis, with a given level of funding per student. # Employers who take on 16-18 year old apprentices should be eligible for payments, as they are bearing some of the cost of students with a right to free education. # Teachers qualified to teach in FE colleges should automatically be qualified to teach in schools (which is not currently the case). # The government should introduce a league table measure which focuses on the whole distribution of perfromance within a school, including those at both the top and bottom ends of the distribution. # he government should ensure league table measures do not give schools perverse incentives to divert low-attaining pupils onto courses and qualifications that are not recognised by employers or accepted by colleges. # 16-19 students in full-time education should not follow a programme which is entirely 'occupational'. # Programmes for the lowest attainers should concentrate on the core academic skills of English and maths. # Students under 19 without a good GCSE pass in English and/or maths should be required to follow a course leading either directly to these qualifications or towards future GCSE course entry. Key Skills should not be considered a suitable qualification in this context. # Funding for full-time students aged 16-18 should be on a programme basis, with a given level of funding per student. # Employers who take on 16-18 year old apprentices should be eligible for payments, as they are bearing some of the cost of students with a right to free education. # Teachers qualified to teach in FE colleges should automatically be qualified to teach in schools (which is not currently the case). # The government should introduce a league table measure which focuses on the whole distribution of perfromance within a school, including those at both the top and bottom ends of the distribution.

Wolf review published. But what will it actually mean?

• the government should ensure league table measures  do not give schools perverse incentives to divert low-attaining pupils onto courses and qualifications that are not recognised by employers or accepted by colleges.
• 16-19 students in full-time education should not follow a programme which is entirely 'occupational'.
• Programmes for the lowest attainers should concentrate on the core academic skills of English and maths.
• Students under 19 without a good GCSE pass in English and/or maths should be required  to follow a course leading either directly to these qualifications or towards future GCSE course entry. Key Skills should not be considered a suitable qualification in this context.
• Funding for full-time students aged 16-18 should be on a programme basis, with a given level of funding per student.
• Employers who take on 16-18 year old apprentices should be eligible for payments, as they are bearing some of the cost of students with a right to free education.
• Teachers qualified to teach in FE colleges should automatically be qualified to teach in schools (which is not currently the case).
• The government should introduce a league table measure which focuses on the whole distribution of performance within a school, including those at both the top and bottom ends of the distribution. 

I prediuct:

fewere on collaborative courses
market forces operating strongly at age 14
intense competition between school and FE for this sector

Students winners or losers?