Apprenticeships Exclusive Apprenticeship budget to rise to £3.3bn amid savings scramble Allocation for 2026-27 will increase by 5.8% – but Treasury top-slice still hits £700m Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden 2w Sponsored post Sponsored From Classroom to Catalyst: How Apprentices Are Driving Innovation in the Workplace The economy is increasingly shaped by productivity challenges, skills reform and the urgent need for innovation led growth. Advertorial 2w Oldham College 2w Colleges WCG exits intervention The college has agreed loans and campus sales to rebalance the books Josh Mellor 2w Josh Mellor 2w Apprenticeships DWP caps new starts on defunded apprenticeships to stop recruitment rush Funding axe will also kick in immediately for providers with no recorded starts on affected standards in 2024-25 and… Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden 2w Adult education, Apprenticeships First apprenticeship units limited to ‘strong’ providers New guidance and draft funding rules provide detail on duration, age restrictions, assessment and payment model Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden 2w Apprenticeships New level 2 admin apprenticeship limited to under-25s It is the first time an apprenticeship has been given an age restriction outside of level 7 apprenticeships Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden 2w Young people Employers offered £3,000 sweeteners to hire unemployed young people SMEs will also be able to claim £2,000 for taking on 16-24 year old apprentices Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Ofsted First FE provider to receive Ofsted’s lowest new grade Adult care apprenticeship provider rated ‘urgent improvement’ due to 20% achievement rate Anviksha Patel 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Politics, Young people More detail to come on 16-19 funding, says Phillipson Education secretary responds to outcry from college leaders after breaking white paper pledge of real-terms 16-19 funding increase Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Ofsted Ofsted piloting recruiting inspectors en-masse from FE groups Trial will see leaders recruited in groups from education networks to make inspection ‘more collaborative’ Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3w Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3w Colleges, Young people Population-spiked colleges scrabble for cash ahead of real-terms funding cut Real-terms base rate cut of 0.5% could force principals to reevaluate provision and staff pay Anviksha Patel 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 2d Josh Mellor 2d Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Investigation 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Colleges, Long read Exclusive 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people Long read 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
