News Bumper year as 102 winners scoop silver Pearson Teaching Awards for 2021 Inspirational teachers, leaders, support staff, schools and colleges from across the country have been honoured today for their outstanding… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Proposed new IfATE powers ‘strike the right balance’ with Ofqual, says Williamson The education secretary has defended plans to hand new powers to the government’s apprenticeships quango, saying it will “strike… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Williamson looking at adaptions for 2022 exams to ensure ‘right level of support’ for students The government is looking at a “similar set of measures” for the 2022 exams as those proposed for this… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Ofsted DfE considering ‘accelerated inspections’ to help Ofsted tackle Covid backlog Gavin Williamson has revealed the government is looking to accelerate the timetable for Ofsted inspections in order to address… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Ofsted Confusion and heavy lobbying forces Ofsted to ‘clarify’ Baker clause approach Ofsted inspectors will “always” report where a school fails to comply with the Baker clause and “consider” how it… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Feature, News Exclusive Should length of tenure for CEOs and chairs be limited? College leadership failings continue to prove costly, and the education secretary is now seeking greater powers to take more… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y Ofsted Pressure mounts on Ofsted to limit grades by Baker Clause compliance MPs have called on Ofsted to cut schools off from the top two inspection grades if they fail to… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Williamson wants to rush through university admissions reform ‘without legislation’ The government wants to rush through its plans for a post-qualifications admissions (PQA) system for universities “without legislation”, the… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Williamson’s policy adviser set to be new Ofqual boss A former academy trust boss and policy adviser to Gavin Williamson has been put forward to be the new… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Ofsted Exclusive ‘How is this fair?’: Ofsted pause leaves grade 3 colleges excluded from £18m Fund College principals are in uproar over being excluded from yet another government fund because they are stuck with a… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Ofsted Ofsted raps performing arts provider for body shaming students A theatre and dance company has been slammed by Ofsted for body shaming its students. Learners at the Bodywork… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Lords line up to challenge new law on provider insurance Plans to force independent training providers to take out insurance to cover against possible cessation of training are set… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 821 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo