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 9mo FE Week Reporter 9mo Politics Lady Spielman and Lord Gove: Tories confirm peerages Two former education secretaries have been given gongs Shane Chowen 9mo Shane Chowen 9mo 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 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo 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 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo News 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 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo 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 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo skills Ministers funding LSIPs until at least September Recommissioning of bodies responsible for the plans will take place later this year Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo 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 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo T Levels T Levels for adults ‘under review’ amid ‘very little interest’ Only one college recruited a standalone group of adults Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo 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 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo 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 9mo Billy Camden 9mo 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 9mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 9mo Newer 1 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 841 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 16-19 Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo News 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo Qualifications Exclusive 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
