Apprenticeships, Young people Small business chiefs make fresh calls for apprenticeship and T Level cash incentives return One in five small businesses would take on an apprentice with the cash boost, FSB says Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Skills reform Revealed: 37 business groups chosen to lead local skills plans Leading employer groups across England will write local skills improvement plans which detail how provision should change to meet… Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y The Future of Assessment 1/09/2022 Find out more Ofsted Ofsted ditches Covid disruption deferral policy The inspection code of conduct has also been strengthened Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth and Tom Belger 3y Ofsted SEND college judged ‘inadequate’ over safety concerns Staffing issues and gaps in SEND experience highlighted by watchdog Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Apprenticeships Revealed: First solely apprenticeship provider granted degree awarding powers Euan Blair’s Multiverse can now run and award its own degree level apprenticeships Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Awarding Pearson faces record £1.3m fine for letting examiners remark own work ‘No evidence’ students received the wrong outcomes but schools and colleges awarded £300k compensation Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y News Provider plans to quickly double apprentice numbers after securing ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating MBKB Ltd secures top rating just six years after first offering apprenticeships. Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Colleges Hull College names National Leader of Governance and former newspaper editor as new chair Rob Lawson will succeed Lesley Davies Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Adult education East Midlands area secures adult education budget powers in first of a kind county devolution deal Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire secure adult education budget responsibilities as first mayoral combined county authority. Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Awarding Access to HE awarding body files for insolvency It comes weeks after the organisation split from the NOCN Group Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Young people GCSE results 2022: Maths and English resits pass rate takes big drop Pass rate also takes a slight dip on pre-pandemic levels Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Newer 1 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 848 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Next 3 stories News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
