News £50k minister pay-offs, and 6 more DfE accounts findings £20m paid out in department staff shake-up, plus high needs deficits leave LAs facing ‘financial failure’ FE Week Reporter 2y FE Week Reporter 2y Colleges Council launches investigation into college amid ‘serious allegations’ Three senior members ‘away from workplace’ pending probe into City College Peterborough Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y News John McNamara returns as Federation of Awarding Bodies interim CEO He will lead the membership body until Tom Bewick’s permanent successor is found Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y News Pepe Di’Iasio nominated to succeed Barton as ASCL general secretary Headteacher and former president is executive’s pick, but members will have chance to challenge him Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y News 12 ESFA staff get £50k+ exit packages amid restructure Annual accounts of funding agency also reveal how one college merger cost the taxpayer over £2m Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden and Jack Dyson 2y Apprenticeships, Ofsted Roaring success for Derby apprenticeship provider in first inspection Blue Lion Training Academy rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Higher education ‘Rip-off’ HE student cap a ‘worry’ for colleges Recruitment limits, foundation year fee cuts and a new website for apprenticeships have been announced Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Ofsted Academy trust boss set for Ofsted chief inspector role Sir Martyn Oliver runs a leading turnaround trust but has been criticised over exclusion rates and use of isolation FE Week Reporter 2y FE Week Reporter 2y IfATE Five things we learned from IfATE’s 2023 annual report The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has published its annual accounts for 2022/23. This is the fifth annual… Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Colleges Colleges to receive nearly £500m to fund staff pay rises Extra funding means pay negotiations can recommence Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Exams Missed deadline risks thousands of BTEC results Scores of schools and colleges missed the July 5 BTEC data deadline Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Adult education, Skills reform Government scraps plans to limit ‘employment only’ adult education outcomes DfE will rename non-qual courses and reinstate health and community outcomes Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Newer 1 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 816 Older 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w Long read, Prison education Long read 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
