News Ofsted given final say over new apprenticeship provider quality Ofsted has officially been given the final say over poor-performing apprenticeship providers following an early monitoring visit, the Education… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Tight deadline for ESFA survey on non-levy transition period for providers Providers are being asked for their views on the expansion of the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s apprenticeships service–… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Monthly apprenticeship update: 3m starts target slips further away with just 22,300 starts in May Apprenticeship starts for May are down 40 per cent compared with the same period in 2016 – but up… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News North-east training provider on the verge of collapse A training provider in the north-east that held subcontracts worth more than £3 million last year is on the… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Allow UTCs and studio schools to select pupils, argues Toby Young University technical colleges and studio schools should be allowed to select pupils on the basis of aptitude, a controversial… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Hull College overspent by almost £10 million in 2016/17, overdue accounts reveal Cash-strapped Hull College overspent by even more in 2016/17 than the previous year, according to its recently published and… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y Bulletin, News A-Level results 2018 | Live blog A-level results day is here! Today’s the day when A-level learners up and down the country find out whether… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Ofsted watch: Improvement for struggling FE providers A training provider previously banned from taking on any new apprentices and a formerly ‘inadequate’ council have been making… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Ofsted claims ‘huge number’ of £2.4m set-aside for research projects will be FE-related Ofsted will soon call on FE providers to help it undertake a “huge” amount of FE-related research projects, according… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Delay of at least a year to apprenticeship system expansion could leave 1,500 providers out in the cold Over 1,500 training providers on the government’s apprenticeships register will not have direct access to funding for small employers… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Sector leaders unite against T-level plans that would force students to wait a year for a retake Sector leaders have urged Ofqual to reconsider its proposal to only allow T-level exams in the summer, as it… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Baker clause update: DfE gears up to start ‘direct intervention’ as minister encourages providers to grass on schools The Department for Education is threatening “direct intervention” from September at schools that are failing to open their doors… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y Newer 1 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 818 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 6d Jessica Hill 6d 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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