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 1 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 807 Older Must read Long read, Prison education Long read 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 12h Jessica Hill 12h Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden 2w Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo
