News Glowing Ofsted report for first national college to be inspected The first of the new national colleges to be inspected by Ofsted has received a glowing report. The National… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News WorldSkills UK Live 2018: Skills minister kicks off ‘bigger and better’ show The skills minister declared herself to be having an “absolutely fantastic time” as she got stuck into the heart… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Five colleges handed DfE warnings over finances Five struggling colleges have been hit with a notice to improve by the government this morning, after they were… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive ESFA terminates levy contract for apprenticeship provider after Ofsted report critical of government departments A cabinet office approved apprenticeship provider to government departments has had its levy funding terminated after a damning Ofsted… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Funding rate set to be slashed by a third for another popular management apprenticeship Fears are growing for the future of a popular management apprenticeship as the government deliberates on whether to slash… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News DfE urged to launch independent review into Careers and Enterprise Company The government has been urged to commission an independent review into whether the Careers and Enterprise Company is doing… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News University takeover of struggling college delayed, again A cash-strapped London college’s on-off planned merger with a university has been delayed yet again. Lambeth College is now… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News FE loan-funded provider with copy and paste assignments slammed by Ofsted A provider with learners not writing their own assignments has been rated ‘inadequate’ across the board in a damning… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive DfE finally confirms thousands of apprentices are going unregulated – but is now trying to find a solution The government has confirmed there are thousands of apprentices with no organisation responsible for checking the quality of their… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Provider to challenge inspection after Ofsted found learners ‘unaware’ they took out an FE loan A provider has been slammed with a grade four after Ofsted found its 500 learners received “no teaching” and… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Revealed: ESFA bans another four new providers from taking on apprentices Twenty ‘insufficient’ apprenticeship providers have now been banned from taking on new starts as Ofsted’s scrutiny of new providers… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Principal who jumped ship before financial failings exposed leaves his new college A principal who jumped ship before the financial failings of his previous college were exposed has stepped down from… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y Newer 1 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 815 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo