Adult education, Apprenticeships, Training Providers

Babington to cut over 100 staff in ‘strategic realignment’

New CEO scraps AEB, bootcamps and some apprenticeships

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
WorldSkills

Ben Blackledge named WorldSkills UK CEO

Blackledge promoted to CEO position after two months as interim

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Ofsted

ESFA allows ‘inadequate’ apprenticeship provider to keep contract

Inspectors now say the provider has made ‘reasonable progress’ across the board

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Engineering training provider scoops another ‘outstanding’

Inspectors praise TTE Training’s ‘highly ambitious curriculum’ and ‘relentless’ focus on safeguarding

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Colleges, T Levels

Colleges share £100m for ‘fit for purpose’ T Level-ready buildings

107 projects win cash for wave five of the rollout

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, Devolution

West Mids to fund ‘study programmes’ for young adults

Young adults to benefit from a raft of measures set to boost the number of level 3 qualifications in…

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein


Colleges, Ofsted, SEND

SEND college to close after second ‘inadequate’ rating

Farleigh FE college will close its doors to learners with autism this summer

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Collab Group CEO to retire in August

Ian Pretty will step down after eight years at the helm

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
T Levels

T Levels: Government departments not ‘walking the walk’ on industry placements

Even the government body designed to promote T Levels only offered a few

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

Big employers back call for ‘off-the-job’ name change

‘Confusing’ title is exacerbating high withdrawal rates

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Labour, Ofsted

Ofsted chief sounds warning over Labour safeguarding audit plan

Amanda Spielman said plans to separate safeguarding from Ofsted inspections would be ‘much more expensive and complicated’

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
T Levels

Catering T Level in doubt as awarding body ends development

‘There is not a shared vision of the technical qualification’, says IfATE

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen

Must read

Long read, Prison education

The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release

‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal

Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal

Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
T Levels

NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure

Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor