Colleges, Funding

16-19 funding to rise by 1.9% from August 2024

Uplifts won’t help teacher recruitment and retention crisis, AoC said

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, English and maths, Skills reform

DfE to introduce English and maths resit minimum hours and scrap 5% tolerance

‘Wholly unhelpful’ changes to condition of funding rules amid concerns over rising non-compliance

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Wolf offers 3 apprenticeship policy ‘slam dunks’ for next government

Former PM skills adviser warns apprenticeships ‘heading in the wrong direction’ and Labour’s plans will ‘make things worse’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Curriculum planning to meet skills needs

In recent months, the UK Government made a big push towards matching colleges’ provision with that of the Local…

Code Institute
Code Institute
T Levels

IfATE backtracks on public sector T Level targets

Board members wanted to ‘lobby’ for placement targets but later changed their minds

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

Tory constituencies hit hard by apprenticeship levy introduction

Apprenticeship starts are down 26 per cent in the prime minister’s constituency

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen


Ofsted

Local authority receives rare grade 4 Ofsted rating

Inspectors find no governance arrangements or quality assurance at Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

Top skills civil servant Kirsty Evans to leave DfE

She’s the latest in a string of high-profile departures

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Colleges, Reclassification, Skills reform

DfE promises to ‘streamline’ high-end principal salary sign-offs

Lengthy delays are impacting college boss recruitment

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

College U-turns on paid president gig after backlash

Ex-principal’s son also resigns after nepotism accusations

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education

Holex on the hunt for first CEO

New chief will work alongside policy director Susan Pember

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen

Must read

Colleges, Long read

Resilient Ricketts: How Brooklands was saved from going broke

The story of a college’s fight for survival after a subcontracting scandal left it on the brink of insolvency

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

Exit interview: Why Robert Halfon quit ‘the best job in government’

Halfon tells FE Week he ‘did all he could’ after leaving skills minister role

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

National apprenticeship achievement rate rises to 54%

Slight increase leaves sector way off government target

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship growth pilot cash would reach just 15 ITPs

Providers need to start at least 15 apprentices on the chosen standards to be eligible for extra funding

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

Treasury announces £3k top-up for 13 ‘growth sector’ apprenticeships

Training providers will have to deliver a minimum number of starts to access the cash

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, Politics

DfE set to surrender £60m apprenticeship cash in 2023-24

Just 2% of total ring-fenced budget expected to be handed back to Treasury

Billy Camden
Billy Camden