Training Providers

BCTG changes owner and ‘removes’ CEO after Ofsted battering

Provider slammed for ‘lack of focus’ on quality following switch from subcontracting to direct delivery

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Top apprenticeships civil servant to retire

Kate Ridley-Moy will succeed Peter Mucklow as director of apprenticeships

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Awarding

Teenager arrested in exam board cyber attack investigation

Police confirm 16-year-old boy has been arrested and bailed until later this year

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Training Providers

Multimillion-pound competition launched for net zero training

Training providers could get up to £1 million for retrofitting and insulation courses

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Training Providers

‘Broken’ Skills Training UK employees won’t be paid in full this month

AELP launches ‘save the skills system’ campaign following latest training provider closure

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
16-19

Revealed: ‘Front line’ boost to 16-19 funding

Base rate to increase by an extra £111 per student

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel


Training Providers

Skills Training UK on brink of insolvency

More than two hundred jobs are at risk if insolvency goes ahead

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Awarding

Leaders sound alarm as 2024 exam entry fees soar by up to 16.5%

Biggest exam board increases prices of some of its most popular qualifications far higher than inflation

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
EDI

Keegan wants ‘extreme caution’ from colleges after trans advice delayed

Education secretary claimed trans guidance delay was to ‘allow more time’ to speak with teachers, parents and lawyers

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Ofsted

Oliver vows to ‘work with whole sector’ to ‘create best’ Ofsted

Sir Martyn Oliver will appear before MPs in September after being confirmed as DfE’s pick for Ofsted chief

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Ofsted, Qualifications, Skills reform, T Levels

Students ‘misled’ and teachers struggling: Ofsted’s verdict on T Levels

Watchdog calls for rethink of controversial plans to axe BTECs amid ‘teething issues’ with replacements

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Qualifications, T Levels

DfE renames struggling T Level transition programme

Officials think the name change will improve progression to T Levels

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen

Must read

Colleges, Long read

Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching

In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
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