Colleges, Ofsted Shrewsbury College celebrates ‘outstanding’ Ofsted result Landmark inspection outcome achieved just 5 years after the sixth form group controversially received the lowest possible grade FE Week Reporter 4w FE Week Reporter 4w Politics Lady Spielman and Lord Gove: Tories confirm peerages Two former education secretaries have been given gongs Shane Chowen 4w Shane Chowen 4w Colleges Unions demand 10% pay rise amid looming strike threat This year’s AoC negotiations will also include measures to tackle “impossible” workloads Josh Mellor 4w Josh Mellor 4w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo DfE DfE seeks job share director to oversee T Levels and level 3 reforms It’s the second senior skills role to be shared by two people announced in recent months Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Colleges Luminate boss to retire National leader of FE Colin Booth to step down from Luminate Education Group after 40 years in education Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo skills Ministers funding LSIPs until at least September Recommissioning of bodies responsible for the plans will take place later this year Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Colleges Creating ESOL courses isn’t ‘voluntary work’, says tribunal Tribunal notes ‘significant failure of HR’ for lack of communication with hourly paid staff Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo T Levels T Levels for adults ‘under review’ amid ‘very little interest’ Only one college recruited a standalone group of adults Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Colleges It’s not only Leeds and Manchester desperate for demographic boom help, say leaders The number of 16 to 18-year-olds is projected to rise by 20 per cent between 2017 and 2028 Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Apprenticeships Kaplan tops apprenticeship revenue charts as level 7 verdict looms QA and Multiverse also rose up the ranks in 2022-23, according to data finally released this week Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden 1mo Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted looks at renaming new ‘secure’ grade But expert warns: ‘It’s not that word, it’s the structure of the grading system’ Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1mo Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 805 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 7d Billy Camden 7d 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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
