News School and college system minister Baroness Barran stays on The appointment seems to complete the new Department for Education ministerial line-up John Dickens 3y John Dickens 3y News Claire Coutinho appointed education minister The former investment banker joins Nick Gibb and Rob Halfon who are set to be named schools minister and… John Dickens 3y John Dickens 3y News A ‘British Baccalaureate’? What you need to know New PM Rishi Sunak wants to reform post-16 education, but there are two big hurdles: time and the returning… John Dickens 3y John Dickens 3y Politics Robert Halfon and Nick Gibb return as education ministers It comes as PM Rishi Sunak is reportedly planning education reforms including a new ‘British baccalaureate’ Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Colleges and providers ‘don’t really know’ if tutoring is working, Ofsted finds Watchdog also found some sessions put on simply for students to do coursework assignments or exam revision Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News King Charles laments lack of vocational education and ‘abandoned’ apprenticeships The King says apprenticeships are ‘vital’ in one-off-episode of The Repair Shop Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y Politics Labour eyes widened apprenticeship levy, return of EMA and individual learner accounts in government Council of skills advisers, led by Lord Blunkett, publishes ‘revolutionary’ recommendations Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Politics Who is Gillian Keegan? 11 facts about the new education secretary Rishi Sunak has been forming his first frontbench team Billy Camden 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y News Gillian Keegan becomes fifth education secretary in four months The former skills minister replaces Kit Malthouse Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Politics Kit Malthouse out as education secretary in Rishi Sunak reshuffle Kit Malthouse has departed as education secretary, meaning the sector will have a fifth secretary of state in four… John Dickens 3y John Dickens 3y Ofsted, Young people ‘Too much content’ concerns raised in early Ofsted T Level study Ofsted reports a good start to T Levels but areas for improvement among placements and curriculum Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Awarding, Colleges Exam fee hikes ‘make a mockery’ of financial planning Exam fee rises will cost schools and colleges hundreds of thousands of pounds more. Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor and Samantha Booth 3y Newer 1 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 854 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
