Colleges Free meals funding frozen in FE while schools rate rises College leaders bite back at ‘insulting’ DfE decision Josh Mellor 2w Josh Mellor 2w Colleges Ministers accused of breaking 16–19 funding promise with 0.5% rate rise An uplift on older T Level courses will also be removed in the new academic year Anviksha Patel 2w Anviksha Patel and Josh Mellor 2w Assessment, Young people Functional skills to remain as DfE unveils ‘stepping-stone’ GCSE resit courses New level 1 quals could have modular assessment to ‘bank progress’ and improve student confidence FE Week Reporter 2w FE Week Reporter 2w Young people Ministers shrink T Levels to boost take-up and manageability New T Levels will be smaller than any existing course, with content and assessment trimmed to ease delivery pressures Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden 2w Young people DfE misses 2025-26 T Level starts target by nearly a fifth It comes a year after the NAO cast doubt on the scalability of the technical qualifications Anviksha Patel 2w Anviksha Patel 2w Young people Revealed: The first three V Level subject areas Teaching of the new vocational courses will begin next year in digital, education and finance Josh Mellor 2w Josh Mellor 2w Young people DfE agrees to BTECs defunding delay Funding for the level 3 courses will now continue into the 2026-27 academic year as ministers amend ‘aggressive’ approach Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden 2w News Angela Middleton stripped of MBE by King Charles The ex-apprenticeship boss has honour revoked for ‘bringing the honours system into disrepute’ after owing DfE £12.5m Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden 2w Ofsted 88 providers granted Ofsted inspection delay New data shows FE providers had the highest rejection rate for inspection deferral requests across all Ofsted remits last… FE Week Reporter 3w FE Week Reporter 3w Apprenticeships Functional skills amend among DWP’s funding fixes Other rule changes in the works cover visas, subcontracting, completion payments and learning support reimbursements Billy Camden 3w Billy Camden 3w Colleges Children’s commissioner: Colleges forced to ‘mop up’ system failures Rachel de Souza says young people in post-16 education often ‘neglected’ due to a narrow focus on schools in… Josh Mellor 3w Josh Mellor 3w Inclusion, Politics DfE ‘unconcerned’ by post-16 transport cliff-edge Weak data on SEND transport leaves ministers unable to assess impacts on attendance and rising NEET numbers Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 852 Older Must read 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 3w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 3w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Next 3 stories 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 News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
