Inclusion, Ofsted

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
Apprenticeships, Politics

Perkins pledges additional spending on SME apprenticeships

Labour’s plan to replace the apprenticeship levy won’t reduce SME apprenticeships, the shadow minister said

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Adult education, Long read

Skills and training: the centrepiece of Brabin’s northern project

The mayor claims to have used her adult education budget to target areas where change was needed most, but…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
News

Capita loses out on £233m Teachers’ Pension Scheme contract to Indian IT firm

Outsourcing firm has run the pension scheme for 27 years, but also recently pulled out of teacher training contract

Amy Walker
Amy Walker


Politics

College principal to succeed Birbalsingh as social mobility chair

Alun Francis has been filling in as interim chair since ‘country’s strictest headteacher’ resigned in January

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Apprenticeships

Exceptional funding review: Care apprenticeships boosted by a third

Care apprenticeships will receive larger than expected funding increases

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Training Providers

AELP chief Jane Hickie to stand down

The training body boss will officially leave at the end of this week

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
FE workforce

Judge upholds 71-year-old teacher’s Covid complaints

The teacher argued that she had been subjected to indirect age discrimination

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Training Providers

‘Inadequate’ provider stops trading with almost £1m in unpaid bills

Adult care provider likely won’t be able to pay back any debts

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Ofsted slams apprenticeship provider for training ‘more akin to CPD’

Inspectors said apprentices already had experience of the sector so shouldn’t be eligible for apprenticeship funding

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein

Must read

Colleges, Long read

Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail

More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
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
Young people

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
News

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