News Suspended students twice as likely to be NEET by age 24, research finds Think tank’s report puts ‘a number on the suspension employment grades gap for the first time’ Billy Camden 9mo Billy Camden 9mo Apprenticeships, Ofsted NHS to abandon ‘outstanding’ apprenticeship scheme in North East and Yorkshire Regional office to ditch successful direct delivery in favour of alternative providers Anviksha Patel 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo Results 2024 Results 2024: 7 key trends from VTQ and T Level results North West tops the table on T Level awards while engineering students most likely to struggle with industry placements Anviksha Patel 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo Results 2024 A-level results 2024: 8 key trends in England’s data Here’s what you need to know from the second year of ‘normal’ results since the pandemic Samantha Booth 9mo Samantha Booth 9mo Results 2024 A-level results 2024: A* grades rise by 8% Top grades up slightly on last year – but huge rise in students getting three A*s FE Week Reporter 9mo FE Week Reporter 9mo Results 2024 T Level results 2024: Fewer dropouts but pass rate dips below 90% Proportion receiving top grades has also fallen significantly Billy Camden 9mo Billy Camden 9mo T Levels First T Level relicensing winners and huge contract boosts revealed One awarding giant decided not to re-tender at all as 4 contracts get reassigned Billy Camden 9mo Billy Camden 9mo News Sixth form students studying narrower range of A-level subjects, report finds Decoupling AS and A-levels looks to have hit take-up for humanities while students ‘increasingly’ choosing from single subject group Lucas Cumiskey 9mo Lucas Cumiskey 9mo Colleges, Politics Government defends college teacher pay snub DfE says decisions on FE funding and other workforces without a pay review body will be made at the… Billy Camden 9mo Billy Camden 9mo Colleges Investigation Leeds FE ‘capacity crisis’ risks leaving poorest behind A local college leader says the DfE should redirect “unused” capital funds to where they are most needed Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo Ofsted Beauty and the best: Hair and beauty provider graded ‘outstanding’ across the board Inspectors heaped praise on holistic curriculums and “role model” managers at Debut Training Academy Shane Chowen 9mo Shane Chowen 9mo Industrial action UCU staff threaten ‘last resort’ indefinite strike action Dispute between college teaching union and its staff over workplace racism and conditions escalates with threat of continuous strikes… Shane Chowen 9mo Shane Chowen 9mo Newer 1 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 806 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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