Apprenticeships Exclusive DfE’s website rejects apprenticeship adverts for using ‘head’ and ‘man’ Officials are ‘urgently’ investigating the vacancies site Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Apprenticeships, Colleges College fails to file accounts for fourth year Union raises transparency concerns and calls on leaders to open up the books Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Ofsted Ofsted suspends ‘independent’ scrutiny panels Inspectorate accused of ‘marking its own work’ Billy Camden 3y Amy Walker and Jessica Hill 3y Apprenticeships Care leaver apprentice bursary to triple to £3,000 DfE also pledges to support local authorities to recruit up to 500 new child and family social worker apprentices Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y Colleges Green light for religious sixth form colleges to academise New regulations finally pave way for Catholic sixth form colleges to convert Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Adult education Lifelong loan laws laid in Parliament Ministers will create a new system of credits and fee caps to regulate how much providers can charge for… Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Ofsted ‘Insufficient’ prison officer apprenticeships found at Sodexo Firm is under threat of suspension on new apprentice starts after Ofsted new provider monitoring inspection Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Colleges, Ofsted College hits back at Ofsted after grade 3 The inspectorate published the report despite an ongoing challenge Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Politics ‘Morale is at an all-time low’: Keegan’s DfE staff go on strike Civil servants joined teachers on the day of strike action, saying: ‘You can’t run public services unless you fund… Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Colleges Bite-size finance guides issued for colleges following reclassification Colleges given guidance on senior pay controls, write-offs and severance payments following reclassification Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Apprenticeships, Ofsted Ofsted chief calls for reversal of declining early years apprenticeships Amanda Spielman warns that using apprentices to replace experienced early years practitioners isn’t fair to learners or children Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y WorldSkills WorldSkills UK chief steps down after seven years Dr Neil Bentley-Gockmann announces plans to step down in May to head up Whitehall & Industry Group Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Newer 1 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 2d Josh Mellor 2d Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Investigation 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Colleges, Long read Exclusive 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people Long read 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
