News Nearly a year after review launched, ESFA reveals apprenticeship funding rate cut The Education and Skills Funding Agency will reduce the £27,000 digital and technology solutions professional apprenticeship standard by £2,000…. Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Employer provider hits buffers after Ofsted found failure to take account of prior learning A new apprenticeship provider has been judged to be making ‘insufficient progress’ after Ofsted found it did not take… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Tributes paid to former FE Commissioner Sir David Collins Tributes have been paid to former FE Commissioner Sir David Collins who died after losing his fight against cancer…. Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News AoC increases funding rate demands after crunching the T-level numbers The Association of Colleges has revisited its funding rate plea for 16 to 18-year-olds and upped it from £4,760… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News ESFA developing ‘ITP risk assessment tool’ to root out failing private providers The government is developing a tool to risk assess independent training providers, as part of “strengthening” oversight. The plan,… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive AoC rejects nearly half of the T-level funding consultation proposals The Association of Colleges has rejected six out of 14 proposals put forward by the government in its consultation… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Revealed: The commissioners selected for Labour’s adult education advisory board A team of 16 education experts have joined Labour’s lifelong learning commission. Among the new commissioners are former education… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Hadlow Group suspends principal and deputy pending investigations The principal and deputy principal of the Hadlow Group have been suspended as multiple investigations are launched into their… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News College recovers £500k Saudi Arabian debt A college that recently terminated its contract with the controversial Saudi Arabian Colleges of Excellence programme due to on-going… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Halfon’s call to replace GCSEs and A-levels with ‘holistic baccalaureate’ denounced as ‘reckless’ Calls to replace GCSEs and A-levels with a “holistic baccalaureate” have been branded a “non-starter” by an advocate of… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted watch: Week of extremes for FE providers Results from this week’s Ofsted reports for FE have ranged between the very worst and the very best. Independent… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Third time lucky? European Social Fund tender contracting delayed again The Education and Skills Funding Agency is delaying the issuing of European Social Fund contracts for a third time… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 805 Older Must read 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 6d Billy Camden 6d 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo
