Ofsted

Ofsted sounds siren over ambulance provider’s apprenticeships

Apprentices aren’t supported with learning after their initial training, inspectors find at north east firm

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Prison education

Existing providers win £1.5bn prison education ‘overhaul’

Critics warn the system will continue to fail unless more drastic action is taken

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

CareShield exits apprenticeships to protect learners from staff shortages 

Sector-wide challenges made it ‘increasingly difficult’ to deliver high-quality training, provider’s leaders say

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

Ofsted: Young people ‘at risk’ at G4S-run secure training centre

Sir Martyn Oliver invokes rare ‘urgent notification’ after finding systemic safeguarding failures at Oakhill STC

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Awarding

WJEC exam board fined £350k over wrong GCSE results

Ofqual to issue WJEC with six-figure penalty after 1,527 GCSE students received incorrect results

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Adult education

Green skills funding results delayed over premature course adverts

Providers were caught promoting courses before funding had been confirmed

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen


Colleges

ESOL results probes launched into The Sheffield College

Two staff members have been suspended pending multiple investigations, according to reports

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Sponsored post

Funding Adult Green Skills

New sources of funding are available to finance the delivery of green skills to all learners. Government policy is…

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Colleges

New principal takes the helm at ‘outstanding’ London college

Incoming boss Marta Gajewska vows to ‘keep raising the bar’

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Apprenticeships

DfE raids budgets to cover ‘landmark’ apprenticeships overspend

Experts warn that further ‘trade-offs’ may need to be made in future

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, Skills reform

Raising participation age to 18 had ‘limited impact’, study suggests

But researchers say the policy has ‘untapped potential to expand learning opportunities’ as they call for a review

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Colleges, Skills reform

BTECs axe will cause huge ‘qualifications gap’, ministers warned

Report claims key areas of the economy will be hit by scrapping ‘vital’ courses amid slow T Levels growth

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

Must read

Colleges, Politics

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
Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund
Colleges, Long read

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
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

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
Shane Chowen
Young people

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen