Apprenticeships Apprenticeship underspend shrinks to £11m in 2021/22 Fresh fears have been raised over future budget overspends Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Apprenticeships Providers fail in high court to stop ‘draconian’ contract termination Two providers argued it was ‘unreasonable’ for ESFA to end contracts based on disputed Ofsted reports Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Sixth form college staff walk out in strike over pay Union leader warns disruption could be repeated on a greater scale next year Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Colleges, Ofsted Ofsted gives first ‘limited’ rating to college for meeting skills contribution Strode College is among the first in the country to be inspected with the new enhanced framework Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Long read, Sustainability Long read Focus feature: Green FE teacher shortages could hold back net zero Research and reports on green skills shortages are not in short supply – but the people needed to teach… Jessica Hill 3y Jessica Hill 3y News Plan B guidance for 2023 exams confirmed Schools and colleges sound workload warnings over contingency plans for next summer’s GCSEs and A-levels Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Apprenticeships, Ofsted University that ramped up apprenticeships secures third ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating More than 2,000 apprentices have been recruited in the past four years Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Colleges College reclassification: Major changes you need to know about Restrictions on senior pay and borrowing announced, plus bad news on VAT Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Colleges Colleges return to public sector, ONS announces The decision ends a decade of colleges’ private sector status and could come with a host of new controls… Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y News Government agency enters top 20 biggest apprenticeship providers The prison and probation service has made it mandatory for all new prison officers to be apprentices Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Apprenticeships Create new ‘national apprenticeship inspectorate’, says think tank EDSK also calls for a minimum of 200 hours of off-the-job training to be face-to-face learning Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y SEND What’s behind the spate of ‘inadequate’ SEND college inspection results? There were 7 ‘inadequate’ inspections in 2021/22 compared to 4 between 2017 and 2021 Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y Newer 1 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 816 Older Must read 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 4w Jessica Hill 4w Long read, Prison education Long read 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
