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Ofsted reveal new inspection report – all 13 of them

Ofsted has this morning published the first provider reports under the new Education Inspection Framework (EIF), all 13 of…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Were college’s students told cladding on halls of residence ‘failed’ a fire safety test?

The cladding at a college’s halls of residence for students under the age of 18, the type used on…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

AELP call for retraining scheme rethink to avoid another “expensive skills white elephant”

The National Retraining Scheme should be relaunched as a ‘traineeship for adults,’ according to the Association of Employment and…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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Revealed: More than one in ten colleges lose cash under controversial English and maths condition-of-funding rules

Twenty three of the 171 (13 per cent) colleges have been stripped of £1,468,934 in their funding allocation due…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Revealed: The FE winners honoured in the 2019 Pearson Teaching Awards

A college lecturer and a sixth form college are among 13 winners honoured in the 2019 Pearson Teaching Awards…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

More UTCs to recruit from year 7 as trust softens stance on entry age

Two more university technical colleges have ditched their 14 to 19-year-old intakes to recruit from 11, with predictions that…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon


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Ofsted watch: A ‘reasonable week’ for new apprenticeship providers

It has been a mostly positive week for new apprenticeship providers according to Ofsted’s monitoring reports. Together Training Ltd…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
News

Thousands celebrate second ever Colleges Week

Thousands of students, staff and people who love colleges across the country signed pledge cards and handed them to…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
News

Providers risk handing back £38m in next 20 years if they quit T-levels

Colleges will have to keep on running T-levels for at least 20 years if they want to avoid handing…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

‘Worryingly low’ number of BAME college leaders to be tackled with new scheme

A ‘Diversity in Leadership Programme’ is to be launched, following analysis published by FE Week which found just 7…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

College quality hits record high

A record high proportion of Ofsted-inspected colleges are now rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’, FE Week can reveal. Our analysis…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Sixth form staff march across Westminster to protest for fairer college funding

“We want the Department for Education to love our colleges” was the message from sixth form staff marching across…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon

Must read

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
Jessica Hill
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