News Exclusive First Ofsted grade 4 challenged by provider The first provider to receive grade four under Ofsted’s new inspection regime has appealed. Independent learning provider Mercia Partnership… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News 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 6y Nick Linford 6y News Exclusive 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 6y Nick Linford 6y 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 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News 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 6y Nick Linford 6y 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 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Exclusive 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 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News 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 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y 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 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive 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 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive ‘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 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive 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 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 839 Older Must read 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 16-19 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo Qualifications 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo