Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Care apprenticeships could be in line for bigger funding boost, and more from SEG conference

Ofsted also revealed it is reviewing the implementation of the education inspection framework

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

Construction training body takes wrecking ball to subcontracting

CITB also drops from Ofsted ‘outstanding’ to ‘requires improvement’

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
News

New provider ‘power’ over EPAOs risks ‘race to the bottom’

Officials warned over ‘bombshell’ rule

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Scandal-hit Brooklands College’s accounts finally surface

First time in four years financial statements have been released

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics, T Levels

Another 92 courses face the chop to make way for T Levels

Halfon reveals the latest round of qualifications facing the chop to make way for T Levels, including popular engineering…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Awarding, Colleges

Six specialist colleges honoured at Natspec Innovation Awards 2023

Forest bathing and foodbank donations among the initiatives awarded

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel


Apprenticeships

The Skills Network pulls out of apprenticeships

‘Real challenges’ with funding levels forces online provider to turn full focus to AEB and bootcamps

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

RoATP to end as APAR is born

Register of apprenticeship training providers and end-point assessment organisations to merge

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
WorldSkills

Greater Manchester to host WorldSkills UK finals this autumn

In total, 53 finals will be held across the area in November

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Skills reform

DfE launches £165m local skills improvement fund

Pot available for initiatives that ‘respond to specific priorities’ identified in LSIPs

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

AELP chief Jane Hickie suspended

Chair and vice chair of the provider body to support senior management team for an interim period

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Hawk swoops another ‘outstanding’ after 10-year inspection gap

‘This is a testament to the dedication of our team against a backdrop of a really challenging time for…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel

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