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 4y Samantha Booth 4y 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 4y Will Nott 4y Ofsted Exclusive FE loans training provider goes bust after damning Ofsted inspection The ESFA immediately terminated the provider’s funding contract Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y 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 4y Will Nott 4y Colleges Exclusive Councils oppose ‘elite’ sixth form plans Do not allow the new institutions to become ‘cuckoos in the nest’, ministers also warned Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Politics, Skills reform Top Tory mayor to bid for unprecedented skills powers West Midlands wants control beyond the adult education budget Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships Apprenticeship achievement rates removed due to ‘error’ It took the DfE’s statisticians almost a year to spot the issue Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Skills reform Levelling up white paper: The key reforms for FE and skills New sixth forms, a skills mission and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund all feature Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y Devolution, Skills reform Levelling up: More areas to be offered devolved adult education budgets Long-awaited white paper reveals AEB devolution will be open to areas even if they do not have an elected… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Assessment Swap ‘cliff-edge’ GCSEs for ‘test when ready’, says exams review Independent Assessment Commission says qualifications are ‘inequitable and unreliable’ FE Week Reporter 4y FE Week Reporter 4y Teaching Lifetime bans for teachers guilty of serious misconduct to be extended to FE Anyone involved in ‘teaching work’ in the post-16 sector could be in scope of teacher misconduct rules. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y 16-19, Colleges Levelling up: Plans for ‘elite’ new sixth forms and skills ‘mission’ Education and skills policies from the much anticipated levelling up white paper will also include a new ‘future skills… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 842 Older Must read 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 16-19 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo Qualifications 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
