Colleges, Ofsted ‘Life changing’ West Thames College judged ‘outstanding’ The feat means 1 in 10 GFE colleges now hold the watchdog’s highest grade Billy Camden 6mo Billy Camden 6mo Colleges Legrave: College interventions fall as support take-up rises Number of colleges in intervention reduced to 9 Shane Chowen 6mo Shane Chowen 6mo Colleges, Ofsted Double Ofsted ‘outstanding’ for Merseyside colleges A Catholic sixth form college and a general FE college in the area were awarded the judgment today FE Week Reporter 7mo FE Week Reporter 7mo Adult education, Ofsted Top Ofsted marks for south Yorkshire council’s adult education Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council upgraded for inspiring out of work people towards employment Anviksha Patel 7mo Anviksha Patel 7mo Skills reform Jennifer Coupland to leave IfATE next month ahead of closure She has led the apprenticeships and technical education quango for the past 5 years Billy Camden 7mo Billy Camden 7mo Ofsted Somerset college upgraded to Ofsted ‘outstanding’ Inspectors praised Bridgwater & Taunton College for commitment to creating ‘diverse and inspiring’ curriculum Anviksha Patel 7mo Anviksha Patel 7mo Employment, Training Providers Exclusive SWAPs scheme for jobless achieves 40% success rate The data offers a statistical view of the scheme’s impact for the first time Josh Mellor 7mo Josh Mellor 7mo Long read, Skills reform Long read Unions could strike back with post-Tory learning fund revival Gavin Williamson blitzed it but government-backed union training could return under a new guise now Labour holds power. By… Jessica Hill 7mo Jessica Hill 7mo AEB, Devolution Exclusive Mayors better at spending adult skills cash Devolved AEB underspend figures revealed for first time Josh Mellor 7mo Josh Mellor 7mo Pay Exclusive FE ethnicity pay gap revealed Underrepresentation of ethnic minorities at region and leader level reveal cold spots in pay gaps Anviksha Patel 7mo Anviksha Patel 7mo AEB, Training Providers Exclusive Learning Curve vs DfE contract case ends in secret settlement Deal ends 18-month court battle over major provider’s alleged ‘unlawful’ adult education budget bid rejection Shane Chowen 7mo Shane Chowen 7mo Colleges, Politics Exclusive Principals’ dismay over £50m pay deal ‘own goal’ College leaders divided over effectiveness of the one-off grant Billy Camden 7mo Billy Camden 7mo Newer 1 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 819 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo 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 3mo Billy Camden 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo