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
Freddie Whittaker
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
Billy Camden and Jack Dyson
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Roaring success for Derby apprenticeship provider in first inspection

Blue Lion Training Academy rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
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
FE Week Reporter
Skills England

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
Anviksha Patel


Colleges

Colleges to receive nearly £500m to fund staff pay rises

Extra funding means pay negotiations can recommence

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
16-19, Awarding

Missed deadline risks thousands of BTEC results

Scores of schools and colleges missed the July 5 BTEC data deadline

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
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
Shane Chowen
WorldSkills

Over 400 students and apprentices chosen for 2023 WorldSkills UK national finals

Over 400 have been chosen to compete to find UK’s best in range of technical skills subjects

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

‘Almost all’ B&M apprentices left training, Ofsted finds

Inspectors rates large retailer B&M apprenticeship programme as ‘inadequate’

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
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

Must read

16-19

Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden

Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE

A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs

New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Long read

Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill