Ofsted

Car-crash Ofsted report for motor industry trainer

New owners got the Ofsted call nearly two months after taking over online apprenticeship provider

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
16-19

Young NEETs approaches 1m

The figures will continue to rise without ‘drastic change’, experts warn

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Higher education

Phillipson picks Peck as Office for Students chair

The vice chancellor previously argued for new ‘applied universities’ to lead on higher technical skills training

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
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Ofsted

Ofsted to trial inspection proposals with 240 ‘visits’

Watchdog sets out plans to test its proposed approach to inspection

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

OCR pauses geography GCSE changes amid ‘unanswered questions’ about future of exams

Exam board believes it is ‘wise to wait’ for the outcome of the curriculum and assessment review

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


News

Claiming EMA harmed earnings, says IFS report

Weekly payments ‘enticed’ disadvantaged students away from more lucrative work based training, researchers find

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Colleges

Martin Sim retires from college interim leadership roles

The turnaround specialist has worked in FE for over 40 years

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

Leicester principal Verity Hancock to depart amid cancer treatment

She has led the college for more than a decade

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

Ex-inspectors launch ‘alternative big consultation’ on Ofsted report cards

Former senior officials behind the ‘alternative big listen’ last year fear proposals come with a ‘take it or leave…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Arts college awarded third ‘outstanding’

Northern School of Art praised for adapting courses to ‘maintain currency with developments in the creative industries sector’

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

Hairdressing apprenticeships face extinction under Labour tax rises, says report

Hairdressing salons are increasingly moving to self-employed worker business models to counter high tax costs

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor

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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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
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Qualifications

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
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
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Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

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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…

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