AEB, Devolution Combined authority abandons botched AEB procurement Providers left in the dark over West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s decision to ditch adult education tender Anviksha Patel 8mo Anviksha Patel 8mo Ofsted Ofsted blasts SEND college for ‘unnecessarily’ putting learners at risk of harm Safeguarding failings land ‘inadequate’ judgment that leads to several leadership changes Anviksha Patel 8mo Anviksha Patel 8mo Results 2024 Bauckham: Assessment review should ‘look at’ GCSE resits policy Ofqual chief says policy requiring pupils without a grade 4 to re-take English and maths should form part of… Billy Camden 8mo Freddie Whittaker 8mo Colleges, Results 2024 GCSE resits 2024: Maths pass rate up but English falls again Resit cohorts rose substantially this year Billy Camden 8mo Billy Camden 8mo News Leaders slam ‘unacceptable’ above-inflation 2025 exam fee rises Heads say increases are unaffordable for schools and colleges and ‘hard to stomach’ Billy Camden 8mo Lucas Cumiskey 8mo Skills reform DfE advertises for Skills England permanent chair and board Up to £25k on offer to successful candidate for 20 days’ work a year Josh Mellor 8mo Josh Mellor 8mo News Suspended students twice as likely to be NEET by age 24, research finds Think tank’s report puts ‘a number on the suspension employment grades gap for the first time’ Billy Camden 8mo Billy Camden 8mo Apprenticeships, Ofsted NHS to abandon ‘outstanding’ apprenticeship scheme in North East and Yorkshire Regional office to ditch successful direct delivery in favour of alternative providers Anviksha Patel 8mo Anviksha Patel 8mo Results 2024 Results 2024: 7 key trends from VTQ and T Level results North West tops the table on T Level awards while engineering students most likely to struggle with industry placements Anviksha Patel 8mo Anviksha Patel 8mo Results 2024 A-level results 2024: 8 key trends in England’s data Here’s what you need to know from the second year of ‘normal’ results since the pandemic Samantha Booth 8mo Samantha Booth 8mo Results 2024 A-level results 2024: A* grades rise by 8% Top grades up slightly on last year – but huge rise in students getting three A*s FE Week Reporter 8mo FE Week Reporter 8mo Results 2024 T Level results 2024: Fewer dropouts but pass rate dips below 90% Proportion receiving top grades has also fallen significantly Billy Camden 8mo Billy Camden 8mo Newer 1 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 802 Older Must read 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories 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 1mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 1mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo
