News Nine things we learned from the ESFA’s 2019-20 annual report and accounts The Education and Skills Funding Agency has this afternoon published its annual report and accounts for 2019-20, revealing college… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofqual predicts ‘slightly better’ GCSE and A-level results, but teacher grades will need hauling down Teacher-assessed grades will have to be hauled down by up to 12 percentage points this year so results are… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News, Opinion Pearson and Amazon Web Services develop first Cloud Computing BTEC Higher National qualifications to help address the cloud computing skills gap Pearson is really pleased to announce, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), the development of the first… Billy Camden 5y Gary Gates 5y News DfE offers £96m grant for 16-19 tutoring after Covid catch-up fund U-turn The government has U-turned on its decision to exclude 16 to 19 providers from its £1 billion Covid catch-up… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News WorldSkills UK LIVE 2020 cancelled The country’s biggest skills and careers event, WorldSkills UK LIVE, has been cancelled for 2020 due to the health… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Claudia Harris to step down as Careers and Enterprise Company CEO The chief executive of the Careers and Enterprise Company is to step down to run a firm that supports… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Demise of subcontracting brokers – finally Using brokers in subcontracting deals will be a “serious breach” of funding rules next year, the government said today… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Brighton college receives emergency bailout as chief executive quits A chief executive has resigned after his college hit serious financial problems that led to a plea for emergency… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Sponsored post Sponsored How to assess learners’ starting points and personalise curriculum plans Ofsted’s new Education Inspection Framework (EIF) has changed the way learning is delivered, with increased scrutiny on the ability… The Skills Network 5y The Skills Network 5y News Revealed: How DfE will fund the school and college leavers scheme and list of eligible courses The Department for Education has published details of how it will fund the £101 million school and college leavers… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE tender reveals plans to design ‘new training model’ for adults The national retraining scheme has taken another step forward after the government began searching for “partnerships” to design and… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofsted confirms shake-up of redress system – but will give providers longer to complain Ofsted has confirmed it will proceed with a shake-up of the redress system for inspections, but will give providers… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 804 Older Must read 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo