Skills reform
Parity of teacher pay is a ‘fairly basic problem’, the education committee chair suggested
Josh Mellor
Ofsted
Leadership unions warn they will take the ‘unprecedented step’ unless watchdog changes course over inspection plans
FE Week Reporter
Apprenticeships
Sir Peter Lauener was cross-examined for 2 days. Here’s what we learned…
Billy Camden and Charlie Moloney
Skills reform
Other new measures include ‘defence technical excellence colleges’
Josh Mellor
Young people
DfE confirms funding for health and construction employers, including SMEs
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, Long read
Inspired by Denmark’s folk high schools, Birmingham’s Fircroft College still provides a home-from-home for people with addiction and mental…
Jessica Hill
Colleges
The proceeds will be used to pay off debts from an ongoing government funding audit
Josh Mellor
Colleges
Principals of ‘outstanding’ colleges have been enlisted to help other colleges improve
FE Week Reporter
Inclusion
SEND deficit ‘statutory override’ protecting potentially scores of councils from insolvency extended to 2028
Freddie Whittaker
Apprenticeships
Four-month grace period for 39 apprenticeships with revised off-the-job training hours follows sector concerns
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships, Assessment
Watchdog sets out how it will do away with end point assessment and monitor training providers marking their own…
Shane Chowen
Colleges
The union calls the proposed pay freeze ‘levelling down’
Josh Mellor
