Colleges

Good for Me, Good for FE on track to reach £1m volunteering target

Colleges have been running community kitchens, foodbank drives and festive activities to generate social value

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Covid-19

Covid close contact daily testing brought back and air purifiers ‘marketplace’ launched

Students will be expected to take tests for a week under new national approach

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Colleges

TEC Partnership leader appointed new Hull principal

Gray becomes the college’s sixth leader in two years

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

College intervention – six things we learned in the FE Commissioner’s annual report

There are fewer colleges in intervention, but the new commissioner warns of more budget pressures to come.

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Inclusion

SEND review may be folded into schools white paper

Sector leaders have welcomed the idea of a more “seamless” and “joined-up” system

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Covid-19

IfATE grants extensions to more apprenticeship assessment flexibilities

The quango has become the latest official body to react to the new variant

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon


Ofsted

Let’s talk about SAKS: Provider scores top Ofsted marks

The provider was credited for working closely with employers, supporting its workforce, and for apprentices feeling safe

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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
Fraser Whieldon
Skills reform

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
Fraser Whieldon
Higher education

Top university places up 28% after record A-level results

Accepted student numbers on competitive courses have soared

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

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
Billy Camden
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
Billy Camden

Must read

Colleges, Long read

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
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

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
Shane Chowen
Young people

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
News

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
Shane Chowen