Businesses employing adult apprentices will now have the power to decide whether a Maths and English qualification should be part of the prescribed course, following a rule change by the government.

Firms have welcomed the government’s plans to relax rules around maths and English requirements for apprentices as improving “flexibility and inclusivity”. Apprentices aged 19 and above will no longer ...

Companies will be able to hire apprentices who do not have maths and English qualifications under new rules intended to ...

The average American student remains half a grade level behind pre-pandemic levels of achievement in both reading and math.