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The Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA) is the established voice of dedicated sixth form education and the hub of a national network of sixth form providers.
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    Aug 29, 2025
    Whatever long term plans for 16-19 are unveiled in the coming months, the short term reality is that scrapping AGQs will leave many students without a pathway in 2026. Priority #1 for ministers must be to ensure AGQs remain available #ProtectStudentChoice sfcacampaign.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/docume…
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    Jan 21, 2022
    The moment we DID IT!! So, so proud of all of our brilliant partners - staff and students at schools, colleges, and unis, #ProtectStudentChoice coalition members, activists, and everyone concerned about this huge issue for young people and social mobility.
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    May 10, 2024
    Thank you to David Willetts for doing a sterling job holding government to account in the Lords yesterday for their shambolic plan to de-fund BTECs. The only sensible option left is to #protectstudentchoice.
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    Jul 7, 2023
    A thrill to be in the room as @AndyBurnhamGM lays out his vision for true parity between academic & technical education… which entails support for #protectstudentchoice. “BTECs will have to have a role in this system. We are very worried about the plans to defund BTECs.”
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    Jun 14, 2021
    The government wants to remove most applied general qualifications like BTECs. Today, 11 education bodies have signed a joint statement urging @educationgovuk to think again and #ProtectStudentChoice. Find out more here:
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    Jul 29, 2021
    We've written to @GavinWilliamson today with our #ProtectStudentChoice campaign partners to say as clearly as we can: Don't scrap BTECs. Read the story and the letter here:
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    Aug 17, 2020
    Ahead of @educationgovuk's announcement at 4pm, a reminder of the key issue from deputy chief exec James Kewin on @mrjamesob's show on @lbc earlier:
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    Aug 17, 2020
    We welcome the decision by the Government to change course and award A level and GCSE students the grades they were given by teachers, in the absence of a workable statistical model.
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    Oct 13, 2021
    118 MPs and peers, including 3 former Education Secretaries, have signed a letter to @nadhimzahawi to #ProtectStudentChoice, saying that “Removing the vast majority of BTECs will lead to students ... dropping out of education altogether." Read it here:
    Sixth Form Matters: Landmark new publication released
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    Jun 16, 2022
    📣 Big #ProtectStudentChoice news! 📣 The debate on our petition will take place in Parliament on Monday 18th July at 4.30pm. If you are one of the 108k who signed the petition - or if you wish you had been - contact your MP and ask them to attend
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    Nov 8, 2017
    Our sixth formers have been underfunded and neglected by government for years. @SFCA_info Chief Executive makes the case for increased investment on @BBCBreakfast #SupportOurSixthFormers
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    Oct 25, 2018
    Education funding is reduced sharply at the age of 16. We are calling on the government to take action against the underinvestment in sixth form education and #raisetherate
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    Apr 25, 2018
    Good to see @AngelaRayner highlighting 16-19 underfunding in today's debate "At 16, children should have new opportunities ahead of them, but too often those are lost. Some £1.2 billion has been slashed from the 16-to-19 education budget, hitting sixth forms and colleges"
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    Oct 26, 2021
    Positive meeting with @nadhimzahawi @educationgovuk about #ProtectStudentChoice and the need to retain BTECs. Welcome commitment from SoS that decisions would be "evidence-led". A powerful case made by 6th form champions @JasonMcCartney @DianaJohnsonMP @rach_hopkins thanks to all