Ofsted Moulton rises from the ashes: College climbs out of ‘inadequate’ The principal has credited the result to her ‘amazing team’ having ‘massively pulled together’ Fraser Whieldon 3y Fraser Whieldon 3y Department for Education Exclusive New DfE skills board: scanty minutes lead to ‘closed shop’ accusations The DfE has again come under fire for a lack of transparency Fraser Whieldon 3y Fraser Whieldon 3y Higher education, Universities Top university places up 28% after record A-level results Accepted student numbers on competitive courses have soared FE Week Reporter 3y FE Week Reporter 3y News Exclusive T Levels: 9 in 10 providers miss enrolment targets Digital and the new health and science routes prove most difficult to sell to students Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News A class of their own: The school that enrolled one T Level student A school handed £1.2 million for a new six-classroom, purpose-built block to teach the government’s flagship T Levels has… Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Bootcamps Revealed: Winners of the £34m HGV bootcamps tender Flexibilities for HGV driver training funded under AEB have also been confirmed Fraser Whieldon 3y Fraser Whieldon 3y News First look at skills bootcamp outcomes Nearly half of bootcamp participants didn’t achieve a positive employment outcome. Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Ofqual Ian Bauckham made permanent chair of Ofqual Academy trust boss Ian Bauckham has been appointed as Ofqual’s permanent chair, the exams regulator has announced. Bauckham, chief… Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Covid-19 Omicron: What does Plan B mean for FE? Face to face teaching must continue, and January exams will go ahead. Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Covid-19 Exclusive Omicron: Ofsted suspend inspections Ofsted inspections will be cancelled next week so colleges and providers can use the final days of term to… John Dickens 3y John Dickens 3y News Cabinet secretary to investigate DfE Christmas party, says top civil servant Acland-Hood says December 10 event will form part of Simon Case’s investigation Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Prison education Government promises prison education service is coming – but when? In-cell technology is set to be expanded and new employment advisors in prisons are being introduced Fraser Whieldon 3y Fraser Whieldon 3y Newer 1 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 803 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
