News Mysterious apprenticeship provider judged ‘insufficient’ by Ofsted following FE Week exposé A provider that received over £16 million in three years from college subcontracting deals has been exposed by Ofsted… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Government agency to charge for apprenticeship quality assurance The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education is to start charging for its apprenticeship external quality assurance service. News… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE publishes indicators for potential fraud in education providers Working “unusual” hours and claims in excess of actual expenses have been listed as indicators for training providers that… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Two more providers removed from T-levels 2020 delivery Two providers will no longer deliver the first wave of T-levels after one received a low Ofsted rating and… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News ESFA bans six more new providers from taking on apprentices Six more providers have received temporary bans on recruiting apprentices as Ofsted continues its scrutiny of new provision, with… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News DfE reveals colleges allocated £470m in financial support Around £470 million has now been allocated by the government to cover the costs of implementing post-area review changes… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Hadlow Group senior leader resigns as FE Commissioner steps in The FE Commissioner has intervened at the Hadlow Group as its deputy chief executive hands in his resignation, FE… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Is your MP one of the 164 lobbying the chancellor for more FE funding? A cross-party letter has been signed by 164 MPs and handed to the chancellor demanding an above inflation increase… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Scrap GCSEs and A-levels in favour of ‘holistic baccalaureate’ says education committee chair GCSEs and A-levels should be scrapped and replaced with one “holistic baccalaureate” for 18-year-olds which recognises academic and technical… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE admits lack of action to enforce Baker clause in schools The Baker clause has been labelled a “law without teeth” after it emerged the government did not take any… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Ofsted watch: Another positive week for providers It has been another positive week for new apprenticeship providers, with many scoring encouraging results in their early monitoring… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Exclusive ESFA delays European Social Fund tender contracting for second time after ‘error’ A fresh 10-day standstill period has been issued by the Education and Skills Funding Agency for European Social Fund… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 821 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Long read 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… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Colleges, Long read 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… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Colleges 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
