SEND

Colleges directed to enrol SEND students despite inability to meet needs

AoC report finds scale of local authorities overruling college objections in particular cases

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Ofsted

Wigan sixth form college upgraded to ‘outstanding’

Ofsted praises ‘one big community’ at Winstanley College

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
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News

DfE told to come clean on its SEND reforms plan

Education committee chair demands government ‘set out its plans and anticipated timescales’ for special needs reforms

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
Ofsted

Teesside Uni maintains ‘outstanding’ after ‘significant’ apprenticeships expansion

Higher education provider lauded by Ofsted for ‘transformational impact’

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

Apprenticeships and Training Awards winners 2025 revealed

Twenty organisations now award-winners for exceptional work in training apprentices

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel


Higher education

Phillipson confirms Peck pick for Office for Students

New chair wants ‘urgent briefings’ on state of university finances

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

‘Constrained resources’ mean ‘tough decisions’ in levy reform – minister

Jacqui Smith also says cuts to adult skills funding were an ‘enormously difficult decision’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

DfE’s revised 2023-24 apprenticeship budget was ‘99% spent’

Apprenticeships director warns of ‘tough choices to make on what we can fund in the future’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, Pensions

First rise in teachers’ pension contributions since 2015 to go ahead

New Fair Deal also to take effect for FE colleges retrospectively from November 14, 2024

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Ofsted

Sir Hamid Patel appointed interim Ofsted chair

Star Academies chief executive will lead Ofsted board after Dame Christine Ryan steps down later this year

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Ofsted open to ‘another consultation’ on inspection reforms if sector demands rethink

Watchdog’s national director also insists report card proposals do not ‘throw the baby out with the bath water’

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor

Must read

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
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor