The Sixth Form Colleges’ Association (SFCA) makes seven recommendations aimed at all the political parties, on behalf of its 93 members, which between them educate almost 160,000 students.
The organisation wants all students to be able to benefit from a full-time programme of study, and the introduction of a national funding formula, that is based on the actual cost of delivering the curriculum.
The SFCA is also asking a future government to scrap what it calls the “learning tax” by removing the imposition of VAT on sixth form colleges, and to introduce a fairer funding system for students with high needs.
Colleges said they needed a competitive process for establishing new sixth form providers, and more opportunity to collaborate with each other.
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