News Exclusive In conversation with Paul Joyce about Ofsted’s 2019/20 annual report Ofsted published its annual report for 2019/20 last week, and while chief inspector Amanda Spielman chose not to use… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News AoC announces Dr Shaid Mahmood as next chair The Association of Colleges has announced Dr Shaid Mahmood as its next chair of the board. He takes over… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Little known skills-based work academy programme given major funding boost Marius Ardelean found himself without a job and with little prospect of finding another after Covid-19 struck. But he… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive ‘Deeply concerning’: Minister’s ‘Skills Toolkit’ figures prove inaccurate, DfE admits The government has been urged to withdraw claims made in parliament about the take-up of the courses on its… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News AoC recommends ‘disappointing’ 1% college staff pay rise College staff should receive a 1 per cent pay rise this year, the Association of Colleges has recommended in… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Self-isolating and onsite students should receive ‘same amount’ of teaching, says DfE FE providers should attempt to deliver the same amount of teaching and work to self-isolating students that they would… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News DfE WILL share 2020/21 achievement rates with Ofsted For a second year the critical qualification achievement rates (QAR) for providers will not be published, but unlike last… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News No full Ofsted return until summer 2021 Full graded Ofsted inspections will not return until the summer term, the government has announced. But monitoring visits, including… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Revealed: The government’s plans for 2021 summer exams and assessments GCSE and A-level students sitting exams next year will be given more generous grading, advance notice of some topics… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Post-16 high needs system needs ‘radical’ shake-up, report finds A “radical” shake-up of the “overly complicated” high needs FE system is required, following a quadrupling in the number… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Spielman ‘not expecting’ graded inspections from January Ofsted is not expecting to resume graded inspections in January, the chief inspector has said. Speaking at the launch… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofsted’s 2019/20 annual report: Key findings for the FE and skills sector Ofsted has today published its annual stocktake of education for the 2019/20 academic year, which saw inspection activity largely… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Newer 1 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 818 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 2d Jessica Hill 2d 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
