News Ofsted Watch: Rapidly-expanding provider lauded A rapidly-expanding adult learning provider has been lauded by Ofsted, while one apprenticeship newcomer was censored for making ‘insufficient… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Second college denied access to higher education register Newham College of Further Education has become the second college to be refused admission to the Office for Students’… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive First provider spills the beans on ‘very different’ Ofsted regime The first FE provider to be inspected under the new Ofsted framework has given it the thumbs-up, but warned:… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Flagship national college plans to ‘dissolve’ despite DfE bailouts One of the five government flagship national colleges plans to “dissolve” and hand over its courses to a college… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Rayner refuses to rule out scrapping Ofsted under proposed National Education Service Labour is “looking at all options” for an overhaul of the school and college accountability system, including replacing Ofsted,… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive ESFA ignored whistleblower nearly two years before FE Week exposé A whistleblower reported the £20 million Brooklands College subcontracting scandal to the Education and Skills Funding Agency in 2017… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Principal’s £150k expenses revealed… finally Ministers have ordered the FE Commissioner to investigate a principal’s “deeply concerning” corporate credit card use after her college… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Colleges still £1.1bn short since 2010 despite chancellor’s boost, IFS finds Colleges and sixth forms will need an extra £1.1 billion on top of the government’s recently announced spending boost… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News DfE exceeds 2.3% public sector apprenticeships target – again The Department for Education has surpassed the government’s public sector target for recruiting apprentices for the second year in… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Apprentices put on ‘unpaid leave’ during training, Ofsted finds at provider Apprentices at an employer provider are expected to be on unpaid leave for two months during a business shutdown… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News ESFA seeking views on Brexit readiness among FE providers Colleges and training providers are being asked how prepared they are for Brexit by the Education and Skills Funding… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Principal who resigned for ‘personal reasons’ becomes boss of FE for Jisc Former Richmond-upon-Thames College principal Robin Ghurbhurun has been made managing director of FE at Jisc, after recently resigning from… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 815 Older 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
