Results 2022, T Levels

Health and science T Level results WILL be regraded after watchdog finds ‘serious’ issues

A review by Ofqual found a catalogue of errors in the first year core exams

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Politics

Kelly Tolhurst appointed education minister

Liz Truss’s reshuffle continues, with junior portfolios yet to be confirmed

John Dickens
John Dickens
Colleges

Colleges call for aid as four-fold energy price hikes threaten solvency

Scores of colleges have outlined solvency fears unless soaring energy costs are tackled

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Politics

Kit Malthouse: 12 facts about the new education secretary

Meet the man who has replaced James Cleverly in Liz Truss’s first cabinet

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Kit Malthouse appointed education secretary

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster moves to education secretary role under Liz Truss

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Contracts risk for provider after Ofsted finds ‘students’ who never studied with the firm

Ofsted inspectors also found apprentices without jobs at the firm

Jason Noble
Jason Noble


Colleges

Corrienne Peasgood announced as new AoC president

She will succeed Sally Dicketts on October 16

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, T Levels

Small business chiefs make fresh calls for apprenticeship and T Level cash incentives return

One in five small businesses would take on an apprentice with the cash boost, FSB says

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Skills reform

Revealed: 37 business groups chosen to lead local skills plans

Leading employer groups across England will write local skills improvement plans which detail how provision should change to meet…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Ofsted

Ofsted ditches Covid disruption deferral policy

The inspection code of conduct has also been strengthened

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Tom Belger
Ofsted

SEND college judged ‘inadequate’ over safety concerns

Staffing issues and gaps in SEND experience highlighted by watchdog

Jason Noble
Jason Noble

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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
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

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
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

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
Anviksha Patel
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