News Exclusive Shadow minister demands IfA hands over private levy overspend presentation The Institute for Apprenticeships has been criticised for refusing to publicly share a presentation given to employers about a… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Skills minister will ‘look at whether it is right to continue to fund all apprenticeships’ The skills minister has said she will “look at whether it is right” for the government to “continue to… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Revealed: The 30 apprenticeship standards included in IfA’s new funding band review The funding bands for a further 30 apprenticeship standards have gone up for review today. The new list (see… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted annual report 2017/18: Nine key findings for FE Amanda Spielman presented her second annual report as Ofsted’s chief inspector this morning. She used it to highlight improvement… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive Major apprenticeship provider to Santander goes bust after Ofsted mauling A major new apprenticeship provider has gone bust following a scathing Ofsted monitoring report which found its directors were… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted annual report warns apprenticeship levy being spent on graduate scheme rebadging Amanda Spielman has amplified Ofsted’s concern that too much apprenticeship levy funding is being spent on higher levels, which… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive ESFA handed over £250,000 AFTER disgraced training provider went bust The Education and Skills Funding Agency has paid a further quarter of a million pounds to a firm that… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE wants Ofsted to inspect more ‘outstanding’ colleges – but won’t drop exemption The Department for Education has told Ofsted to reinspect more ‘outstanding’ colleges and schools, but stopped short of dropping… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Ofsted finds no off-the-job training at care sector apprenticeship provider A care sector apprenticeship provider has been heavily criticised by Ofsted for failing to give its apprentices any off-the-job… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive Another batch of apprenticeship standards up for funding band reviews A second batch of apprenticeship standards will have their funding bands put up for review from tomorrow. The Institute… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Levy budget bust: Government agency warns of imminent apprenticeship over-spend The apprenticeships budget for England is set to be overspent by £0.5 billion this year, rising to £1.5 billion… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Halfon blasts Careers and Enterprise Company for their ‘magic money tree’ The chair of the education select committee has laid into the Careers and Enterprise Company for believing it has… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 842 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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
