Adult education ‘Frustrating’ for some but ‘not surprising’: ESFA extends AEB contracts for one more year National adult education budget contracts renewed for 2022/23 Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Highlights from Annual Apprenticeships Conference 2022 31/03/2022 Find out more Apprenticeships 2020/21 apprenticeship achievement rate hits 57.7% – and just 51.8% for standards Almost half of learners on the new-style apprenticeship standards failed to successfully complete their programme last year, new figures… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships Revised 2019/20 apprenticeship achievement rates reveal huge drop The overall achievement rate for apprenticeships in 2019/20 has fallen to 57.5 per cent – 6.7 percentage points lower… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Covid-19 DfE widens student eligibility criteria for 16-19 catch-up funding But leaders warn the extension has been introduced too late and predict ‘many’ fundng clawbacks Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Colleges Central Bedfordshire College to merge with The Bedford College Group Central Bedfordshire College is set to merge with The Bedford College Group, it has been announced today. The two… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Inclusion SEND review ‘disappointing’ for FE The government’s planned reforms to the SEND education system do not go far enough for FE learners, leaders say. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Skills reform Skills Bill: Government ‘compromises’ on careers but no delay to BTEC defunding A concession on rules for careers guidance in schools but government rejects delayed BTEC defunding in skills bill final… Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Apprenticeships Government criticised for axing public sector apprenticeship target Officials accused of ‘throwing in the towel’ after confirming the move today Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships FE Week asks the skills minister: are apprentices paid enough? ‘It’s better than it looks on paper’, says Alex Burghart Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Politics Sunak’s ‘new austerity’: Spring statement offers no new money for education The chancellor offered no extra funding for education in the spring statement, despite spiralling costs, bills and inflation. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Ofsted Marine specialist takes aim at Ofsted after grade 4 report ‘The Ofsted report will mean that the Thames Marine Academy will no longer be able to offer these much… Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y Newer 1 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 851 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 Next 3 stories 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 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
