Colleges

College planning to axe 100 staff faces strike

‘Critical’ exam season to be impacted as union members prepare to walk out for 3 days

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Inclusion, Ofsted

‘Wholly unsuitable’ EHCPs, long waits for help: SEND inspection failures revealed

Ofsted proposes ‘pool of inspectors’ and report cards to improve SEND inspections as shortcomings revealed

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Inclusion

Parents win payout after council SEND transport failure

Derby City Council agrees to pay over £4,000 to families for ‘impractical’ offer

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Students

It’s the good, the bat and the snugly this Volunteers’ Week

Colleges showcase student community champions

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Colleges

Teacher sacked in trans-student name row can appeal

Tribunal case highlights urgency for ‘definitive’ national policy on gender identity for colleges

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

Most adult apprentices continue English and maths after exemption

60% of on-programme 19+ apprentices are carrying on with functional skills study

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


Colleges

Colleges seek merger to capitalise on devolution

‘Powerful’ new group to be created next July

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education

Hasta la Prevista as training provider suffers liquidation

The company was sold to an employee ownership trust four years ago

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

National 16-19 funding rate boosted to £5,105 in 2025-26

Rates for T Levels, disadvantaged and English and maths funding are also rising

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Free meals extended to all from universal credit households

Scheme to be expanded for 2026-27 academic year

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Colleges

Deputy Jones to succeed CEO Booth at Luminate

Change in leadership at major college group will happen in the new year

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Principal of cash-strapped college to retire

Decade-serving boss says decision to leave Hampshire college was ‘not made lightly’

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel

Must read

Colleges, Politics

Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’

The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund
Colleges, Long read

Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail

More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

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
Shane Chowen
Young people

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen