News FE commissioner annual report: number of colleges put into intervention drops by more than half The number of colleges referred for formal intervention by the FE commissioner fell by more than half last year… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News DfE reveals new national leaders of governance The names of the first six national leaders of governance have been revealed by the Department for Education. The… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Hat-trick of ‘requires improvement’ ratings for retail giant’s apprenticeship training High street giant Boots has been hit with a third ‘requires improvement’ rating in a row by Ofsted. Inspectors… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Troubleshooter takes over at Cornwall College Group A troubled college group has appointed a seasoned troubleshooter as its interim principal. Cornwall College Group lost its former… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Careers advice worse at schools with sixth forms Schools with sixth forms have been exposed as failing to provide students the same level of careers advice as… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Revealed: WorldSkills UK LIVE 2018 competition results Over 200 of the UK’s most highly skilled apprentices and tradespeople were celebrated at the closing ceremony of WorldSkills… FE Week Reporter 7y FE Week Reporter 7y News Exclusive NAO to review why thousands of apprentices are going unregulated Concern over thousands of apprentices without a regulator responsible for checking the quality of their training is being reviewed… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Low take up of scheme to transfer levy funds from larger to smaller employers Only a tiny proportion of large employers’ apprenticeship cash was passed on to smaller employers in the first three… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Ofsted Watch: Difficult week for FE as providers hit with low grades FE has faced a difficult week in Ofsted inspections as three providers were hit with ‘inadequate’ ratings. Three others… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Early monitoring visits find a quarter of apprenticeship providers are ‘insufficient’ A quarter of apprenticeship providers that have received early-monitoring visits from Ofsted so far have been rated as making… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Protests at the deadline for sixth form colleges’ conversion to academies The Sixth Form Colleges Association is urging the government to keep the option for its members to convert to… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News What is behind the spate of resignations of college leaders? An exodus of college leaders has rocked the FE sector over the past two months. Meanwhile, regulations that will… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y Newer 1 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 851 Older Must read Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 3h Shane Chowen 3h Colleges, Politics Exclusive 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 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w Colleges, Long read Investigation 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Young people 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
