News Hat-trick of ‘requires improvement’ ratings for retail giant’s apprenticeship training High street giant Boots has been hit with a third ‘requires improvement’ rating in a row by Ofsted. Inspectors… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Troubleshooter takes over at Cornwall College Group A troubled college group has appointed a seasoned troubleshooter as its interim principal. Cornwall College Group lost its former… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Careers advice worse at schools with sixth forms Schools with sixth forms have been exposed as failing to provide students the same level of careers advice as… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Revealed: WorldSkills UK LIVE 2018 competition results Over 200 of the UK’s most highly skilled apprentices and tradespeople were celebrated at the closing ceremony of WorldSkills… FE Week Reporter 7y FE Week Reporter 7y News Exclusive NAO to review why thousands of apprentices are going unregulated Concern over thousands of apprentices without a regulator responsible for checking the quality of their training is being reviewed… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Low take up of scheme to transfer levy funds from larger to smaller employers Only a tiny proportion of large employers’ apprenticeship cash was passed on to smaller employers in the first three… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Ofsted Watch: Difficult week for FE as providers hit with low grades FE has faced a difficult week in Ofsted inspections as three providers were hit with ‘inadequate’ ratings. Three others… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Early monitoring visits find a quarter of apprenticeship providers are ‘insufficient’ A quarter of apprenticeship providers that have received early-monitoring visits from Ofsted so far have been rated as making… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Protests at the deadline for sixth form colleges’ conversion to academies The Sixth Form Colleges Association is urging the government to keep the option for its members to convert to… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News What is behind the spate of resignations of college leaders? An exodus of college leaders has rocked the FE sector over the past two months. Meanwhile, regulations that will… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive Three quarters of colleges rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted More than three quarters of colleges are now rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ and none are deemed ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News AELP consulting on proposals to avoid EPA ‘car crash’ The Association of Employment and Learning Providers is seeking input from its members on how to avoid an apprenticeship… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y Newer 1 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 809 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 1mo Billy Camden 1mo 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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
