Colleges, Politics Exclusive Principals’ dismay over £50m pay deal ‘own goal’ College leaders divided over effectiveness of the one-off grant Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Apprenticeships Devolve apprenticeship funding to local leaders, says Wolf Former PM-adviser sets out plan for fixing apprenticeship howlers Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Ofsted Ofsted system glitch wiped evidence during almost 200 inspections But in almost every case inspectors were still able to consider the findings when reaching judgments, says watchdog Freddie Whittaker 3mo Freddie Whittaker 3mo Politics DfE refuses to include FE in teacher recruitment forecasts Modelling used to predict school teacher numbers will not be applied to FE despite staffing crisis Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Colleges NEU rejects £50m pay deal with more college strikes Union says there will still be a two-tier wage system even with the ‘one-off grant’ announced last week Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Sponsored post Sponsored Functional Skills reimagined: Drive success in English & Mathematics with modern qualifications. In today’s educational landscape, supporting learners with essential English and maths skills goes beyond traditional teaching. It’s about providing… Advertorial 3mo Ascentis 3mo Colleges Fresh sixth form college strike ballot despite £50m pay deal SFCA hits back as NASUWT accuses principals of making ‘spurious arguments’ Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo T Levels T Level results to be published for individual colleges for first time But a planned overall attainment measure has been delayed Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Long read A day in the life of the head of a small specialist college Clare Scattergood’s job title underplays the myriad roles she performs at her small independent specialist college in Birmingham –… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo News DfE to release £50m in 2024/25 to help fund FE teacher pay ‘One-off’ grant to be made available in April Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo ESFA Only 1% of fraud or financial irregularity probes are published Details of several high profile cases remain secret Josh Mellor 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo Teaching Swamped TRA capacity questioned ahead of FE expansion Years-long misconduct backlogs could bleed into FE, leaders warn Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Newer 1 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 802 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 4w Josh Mellor 4w 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 1mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo
