Apprenticeships Exclusive Minister refuses to offer transparency on apprenticeship levy spending Donelan says the government is instead focused on the ‘key stats that really matter’ Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Exclusive ESFA to be stripped of policy role Responsibility will be absorbed by DfE following an independent review Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Apprenticeships Revealed: Organisations named the first flexi-job apprenticeship agencies Apprentices will be employed by these organisations, but will have multiple employment placements over their apprenticeship. Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y News Disadvantaged students ‘effectively penalised’ for not studying A-levels, research finds They may have lost out when competing for university places Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Funding Spending rules for 16-19 increase ‘sensible and proportionate’, say leaders Here’s how colleges and training providers will be allowed to spend extra 16-19 study programme funding next year. Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Higher education ‘Pull your weight’ on pre-16 attainment, colleges told The new OfS fair access director will address the sector for the first time later today. Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Sponsored post Sponsored Levelling up Access to Further Education Whitepaper Colleges are searching for the alchemy to transform great face-to-face teaching into a powerful virtual course that meets the… Code Institute 3y Code Institute 3y Assessment Only use exam board websites to access advance information, students told GCSE and A-level students should only access advance information about exam topics on official websites, exam boards have said,… Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y WorldSkills Getting ready for Shanghai: inside WorldSkills UK’s motivational bootcamp “I want you all to take a moment to think about why you want that gold medal” Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Ofsted Exclusive FE loans training provider goes bust after damning Ofsted inspection The ESFA immediately terminated the provider’s funding contract Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Ofsted Fourth consecutive ‘requires improvement’ Ofsted rating for BMet Inspectors criticised leaders for failing to ensure the college’s curriculum is “consistently good in all subjects and at all… Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Levelling Up Exclusive Councils oppose ‘elite’ sixth form plans Do not allow the new institutions to become ‘cuckoos in the nest’, ministers also warned Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Newer 1 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 803 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo 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 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo
