News Ofsted watch: Fourth sixth form college makes it to ‘outstanding’ this year Another sixth form college has received a grade one, making it the fourth such provider to receive the coveted… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Ofqual orders exam boards to publish qualification costs Exam boards will be required to publish the costs of qualifications on their websites to “create a more level… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Provider pulls out of apprenticeships after second Ofsted mauling The training arm of an engineering trade association has pulled out of apprenticeships in England after it was slammed… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Colleges collect royal honour from Buckingham Palace Staff and students from four colleges brushed shoulders with royalty today as they picked up their Queen’s Anniversary Prizes… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News College rocked by shock deficit appoints experienced interim principal A college that has been rocked by an unexpected £6 million deficit has appointed an experienced FE leader as… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Derailed: HS2 college face Ofsted grade 4 after dropping legal challenge The troubled National College for HS2 has abandoned its attempts to stop Ofsted publishing a grade four report, after… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Careers advice: Colleges making ‘positive progress’ against Gatsby benchmarks The Careers and Enterprise Company has released new analysis showing how post-16 providers are faring against the eight Gatsby… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive College relying on secret last-ditch merger to survive before cash runs out in October A bank has pulled a cash-strapped college’s overdraft facility as the clock ticks for its survival – which rests… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Revealed: The providers that can bid in the next £120m Institutes of Technology tender The government will only accept proposals from providers in 20 of England’s 38 local enterprise partnership (LEP) areas for… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive MP to meet FE Commissioner over ‘disappointing’ college closure plans An MP has hit out at the proposed closure of a college in his constituency and is set to… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News London plans to pull funding for 32 out-of-area colleges More than 30 colleges based outside London are set to lose millions in funding for delivering training to adults… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News West Kent & Ashford College has debts of over £100m to almost 70 organisations The second college to enter education administration has debts and liabilities of more than £100 million to over 60… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 848 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
