Ofsted, SEND

Specialist college sweeps ‘outstanding’ in first inspection

Inspectors praised the specialist college’s use of technology and “highly skilled” staff

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Awarding

AQA also hit by exam paper cyber attack

Surrey Police investigating fraud and computer misuse allegation at England’s largest exam board

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
14-16, Colleges

Another college exits 14-16 provision as its ‘original mission’ fades

The college said growing student numbers led to the provision moving away from its ‘original mission’

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Awarding

Police investigate stolen exam papers after cyber-attack 

Officers are working with the DfE and National Crime Agency

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Training Providers

Lifetime chairman Geoff Russell ‘leaves the company’

Russel leaves Lifetime Training after 15 months as executive chairman

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Training Providers

Babington hires ‘turnaround’ specialist as next CEO

Apprenticeship provider Babington have revealed their new CEO and chairman

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen


Ofsted, Prison education

Prison leaders slammed for ‘slow progress’ on reading education

Education and prisons watchdogs criticise lack of progress on last year’s damning report on reading education

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
T Levels

Pandemic-induced online learning was ‘greatest barrier’ for T Level and transition students

Learner survey shows Covid-19 pandemic-related restrictions impacted delivery of T Levels

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Assessment

Ofqual and DfE studying ‘feasibility’ of ‘fully digital’ exams

Study includes looking at whether national infrastructure up to scratch for on-screen exams

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted, SEND

Yorkshire SEND college fails to make safeguarding progress after third Ofsted visit in four months

Watchdog finds college had made insufficient progress in keeping learners safe

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Careers, Colleges

Fund careers advisers directly to ease burden on colleges, DfE told

Leaving colleges to foot the bill is creating ‘significant disparities’ in careers provision, says committee

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
WorldSkills

WorldSkills UK rolls out Centre of Excellence after three-year pilot

UK further and higher education organisations can now access ‘world-class’ teacher training and networks through the scheme

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein

Must read

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
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