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DfE told to come clean on its SEND reforms plan

Education committee chair demands government ‘set out its plans and anticipated timescales’ for special needs reforms

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Teesside Uni maintains ‘outstanding’ after ‘significant’ apprenticeships expansion

Higher education provider lauded by Ofsted for ‘transformational impact’

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

Apprenticeships and Training Awards winners 2025 revealed

Twenty organisations now award-winners for exceptional work in training apprentices

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Higher education

Phillipson confirms Peck pick for Office for Students

New chair wants ‘urgent briefings’ on state of university finances

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

‘Constrained resources’ mean ‘tough decisions’ in levy reform – minister

Jacqui Smith also says cuts to adult skills funding were an ‘enormously difficult decision’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


Apprenticeships

DfE’s revised 2023-24 apprenticeship budget was ‘99% spent’

Apprenticeships director warns of ‘tough choices to make on what we can fund in the future’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, Pensions

First rise in teachers’ pension contributions since 2015 to go ahead

New Fair Deal also to take effect for FE colleges retrospectively from November 14, 2024

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Ofsted

Sir Hamid Patel appointed interim Ofsted chair

Star Academies chief executive will lead Ofsted board after Dame Christine Ryan steps down later this year

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Ofsted open to ‘another consultation’ on inspection reforms if sector demands rethink

Watchdog’s national director also insists report card proposals do not ‘throw the baby out with the bath water’

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Training Providers

SWAPs is for keeps despite questions over its success

The government will fund 100,00 starts on the training and work experience scheme next year

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships, Long read

Lessons from our apprentices

The Association of Apprentices convened a roundtable for apprentices to tell us about their training and views on current…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill

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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
16-19

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
Qualifications

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
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel