Ofsted Ofsted hands rare ‘inadequate’ grade to county council Bedford Borough Council becomes second local authority to currently hold the lowest possible grade Tallulah Taylor 2y Tallulah Taylor 2y Sponsored post Sponsored 5 free teacher training opportunities from UK Parliament and how they can broaden your teaching skill set Teacher training opportunities that are perfect for those preparing to teach politics or looking for fresh ideas to create… UK Parliament 2y UK Parliament 2y Adult education Regional and social class divides in adult learning put ‘levelling up’ plans at risk, LWI warns Gap widens for adult learning between highest and lowest performing regions in the UK Tallulah Taylor 2y Tallulah Taylor 2y News DfE reprimanded after student data used by gambling firms – but avoids £10m fine ICO slams ‘woeful’ data protection practices Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Apprenticeships, Devolution Liverpool City Region targets over 50s for apprenticeships Combined authority says it could help those who have been made redundant, the unemployed and career changers Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y WorldSkills UK hosts special WorldSkills competition this week Competitors visit ex coal mine and Welsh villages ahead of competitions Tallulah Taylor 2y Tallulah Taylor 2y Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted faces another legal challenge over lack of Covid consideration UKTD is the third provider recently to complain Ofsted hasn’t considered the impact of Covid. Tallulah Taylor 2y Tallulah Taylor 2y Training Providers New ESFA chief plans financial handbook ‘bible’ for ITPs ESFA’s new chief says he wants to improve partnership working between the agency and the sector Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y T Levels Long read ‘Crushed’: 1 in 3 health and science T Level students turn their backs on flagship qualification FE Week investigation unearths extent of the fallout from the ‘diabolical’ exams fiasco Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Politics The ‘galling’ pay-offs for DfE ministers on political merry-go-round 19 politicians earn more than £100k in severance pay in a year John Dickens 2y John Dickens 2y News Exclusive College troubleshooter resigns over PM race row DfE national governance chief claims ‘I’m not racist’ and blames ‘wokerati’ Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Politics Lord Blunkett backs away from Labour’s pledge to use 50% of apprenticeship levy on other training Labour clarifies its 50% apprenticeship levy plans for other types of training is only an ‘indicative’ figure Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Newer 1 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 803 Older Must read 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo
