Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Ofsted ‘outstanding’ hat-trick for Premier League apprenticeship provider

‘Ambitious’ Football Association Premier League Limited praised for ‘high expectations’

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
WorldSkills

EuroSkills 2023: Well wishes pour out for Team UK ahead of Poland competition

Team UK’s 20 competitors will compete in Gdańsk next week

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
FE Commissioner

Three new deputy FE commissioners join Legrave 

Former college principals are among the appointees

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Colleges, Teaching

8 key findings from DfE’s first FE workforce data release

The stats were promised in the Skills for Jobs white paper

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

ESFA intervenes as Leicestershire college group hits ‘serious cashflow pressures’

FE Commissioner to visit SMB Group due to ‘heighted risk’

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
News

David Johnston appointed children’s minister as Coutinho promoted

He becomes the seventh minister to oversee the important SEND reforms

John Dickens
John Dickens


News

Training sector pays tribute to ‘big character’ Gareth Phillips

The former EDI PLC, People 1st and Vistar Qualifications boss has passed away

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Lifelong Learning

Lifelong loan entitlement faces ‘significant’ timescale challenges, warns DfE perm sec

The programme will undergo further assessment next year, Susan Acland-Hood has ordered

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
AEB, ESFA

‘Automatic suspension’ on national AEB contracts lifted amid legal challenge

Several contracts weren’t issued when they were supposed to, FE Week understands

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
GCSEs, resits, Results 2023

GCSE resits 2023: Maths and English pass rates down again

Results still off pre-pandemic levels due to ‘a more changeable cohort’ post-16

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

Training provider drops ‘inadequate’ apprenticeships ahead of damning Ofsted report

The provider contested Ofsted’s ruling that it had ‘disregarded’ the well-being of its apprentices

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
SEND

Revealed: Councils chosen to lead local SEND inclusion plans

Ministers also confirmed 7 new SEND free schools in cash-strapped council areas

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth

Must read

Colleges, Long read

Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission

Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
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