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The article offers an announcement which is seeking for stories about worst parents and their school children, school and home experiences, and tested lesson ideas in Great Britain. Readers are advised to send their best stories and ideas to the email address features @tes.co.uk. It states that readers who have chosen will earn vouchers worth 50 pounds from the company Marks & Spencer (M&S).

The article describes how Simon Allison, an 18-year-old male with Asperger's Syndrome, achieved level 2 National Vocational Qualifications in his workplace, Young's Bluecrest factory in Grimsby, England. His scores were achieved thanks to a workforce development program run by Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education. The ability of people to achieve qualifications at the workplace has inspired others to get excited about education and training. The program also offers people with special needs the opportunity to earn qualifications outside of more traditional classroom learning.

The article states that colleges could benefit from a governmental program to improve workplace skills, called Train to Gain. Train to Gain is a development of the Employer Training Pilots and is focused on the skills needs of employers. It was originally feared that private work-based training organizations would take business away from colleges, but it turns out colleges have taken the lion's share of the work.