News

Supreme Court holiday pay ruling could ‘open the floodgates’ for claims

Music teacher’s holiday pay victory will have big ramifications for education employers using permanent term-time-only contracts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Skills reform

DfE updates incorrect level 3 review impact assessment

Potential scale of the impact of the reforms has now changed

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

Ofsted denounces continued use of online teaching in latest education recovery research

Ofsted’s latest education recovery report highlights concerns around off-the-job training, remote teaching and exams anxiety.

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
T Levels

T Level colleges awarded slice of £74m to refurbish buildings for 2023 delivery

86 projects win cash for wave four of the rollout

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, Industrial action

Teachers at 39 colleges will strike this autumn

UCU confirms 29 more colleges will join the 10 already confirmed to strike over pay this autumn.

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Prison education

Fred Sirieix’s prisoner-run restaurants to expand to boost hospitality skills

First Dates star’s charity turns prison mess kitchens into high street style restaurants and trains inmates in hospitality skills.

Jason Noble
Jason Noble


AEB, Devolution

Adult funding rates set to rise in London

A funding uplift of 3.5 per cent will apply to courses at level 2 and below for London residents…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Levelling Up, Skills reform

Roundtable Discussion | Learner needs should be equal to employer needs to truly level up

Watch the latest FE Week roundtable discussion, in partnership with NCFE

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Ofsted

Ofsted job cut inspection warning, plus 7 more annual account findings

Ofsted’s annual report has revealed concerns around funding and inspector turnover.

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and Jason Noble
T Levels

Third of first T Level students apply for university courses

UCAS data indicates a third of the first T Level students have applied for university courses, as well as…

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Ofsted

Provider rated ‘inadequate’ after Ofsted finds apprentices training other apprentices

Code Nation Ltd accused of not recruiting learners with integrity.

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Higher education, Ofsted

Ofsted slams ‘inconsistent quality’ of apprenticeships at another university

Quality of learning for apprentices raised by Ofsted in visit to University of Chester

Jason Noble
Jason Noble

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps

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
Billy Camden and Frances Read
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
Billy Camden
Adult education

Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets

Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen