News

Coronavirus: Exams regulator to set out details of process and timetable ‘next week’

Detailed information about how students will be assessed for this summer’s GCSEs and A-levels won’t be published until next…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Apprenticeship funding and quality assurance consultations extended by 6 weeks

Government consultations on apprenticeship funding and external quality assurance have both been extended by six weeks. The Institute for…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Nine key findings from new DfE employer and apprentice surveys

The Department for Education released new data into the views and experiences of apprenticeships today. A survey of more…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
News

Apprenticeship quango says less than half passing to be ‘expected’

The proportion of apprentices that last year passed the new style ‘standard’ has been revealed as just 46.6 per…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Apprenticeship starts fall 7% in first half of 2019/20

The number of apprenticeship starts in England dropped by 7 per cent in the first half of 2019/20, new…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

National apprenticeship achievement rates fall below 65%

The overall achievement rate for apprenticeships fell last year by 2.2 percentage points to 64.7 per cent.  National achievement…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


News

Committee of MPs to probe DfE’s response to coronavirus

The response of the Department for Education to the coronavirus outbreak and the impact of the disease on schools,…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Coronavirus: Ofqual admits teacher assessment not possible for all vocational qualifications

Ofqual is “urgently” working out how to calculate grades for students studying vocational and technical qualifications this year, but…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
AEB, Covid-19

Coronavirus: Some mayoral combined authorities guarantee AEB payments to ALL provider types

Multiple mayoral combined authorities (MCAs) have promised to honour adult education budget payments to all types of providers during…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Coronavirus: ‘Furious’ AELP boss says government wants skills sector to collapse

The government’s goal seems to be for the skills sector to “collapse”, a “furious” Mark Dawe has told FE…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

College funding support confirmed, and 4 other key points from latest DfE Covid-19 guidance

The government confirmed it will honour all payments to grant funded providers for the remainder of the 2019/20 funding…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
News

Coronavirus: 9 key points from the government’s apprenticeships guidance

The government has this evening released a package of measures that it hopes will help apprenticeship training providers amid…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

Must read

Long read, Prison education

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
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor