News Barnfield College placed in administered status following ‘serious decline’ in financial health The skills minister has imposed administered status on a cash-strapped college in Luton, due to the “significant” financial challenges… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Providers told to declare subcontracting fees by late April The Education and Skills Funding Agency has finally sent providers long-delayed templates to let them declare their subcontracting fees…. Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News ESFA to ‘review’ rules on subcontracting fees and charges Subcontracting fees and charges will be reviewed to ensure government funding is being used for “recognised costs”, the Education… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Exclusive Principal resigns after Ofsted brands Moulton College ‘unsafe’ The principal of a Northamptonshire college has resigned after it was labelled “unsafe” by Ofsted in a damning grade… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Repayments deferred to next April for loans scandal victims Debt repayments from hundreds of victims of an FE loans scandal have been deferred for another 12 months. FE… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Carole Stott to step down as WorldSkills UK chair Carole Stott will step down as chair of WorldSkills UK in the autumn, after more than five years in… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Third early monitoring report a success – but provider targeted isn’t ‘new’ to apprenticeships Ofsted’s third early monitoring visit to a new levy-funded apprenticeship provider has uncovered a “clear focus” on delivering high-quality… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News DfE launches consultation ahead of college campus performance reporting The government has launched a consultation on proposals to “strengthen” public reporting on performance for colleges which are in… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News College restructuring support update: £300m for 19 ‘significant’ applications approved The government has approved more than £300 million to cover the cost of implementing post-area review changes, although the… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Army recruits: IfA boss appoints his second-in-command The Institute for Apprenticeships has appointed another military man as its second-in-command, following a “fair and open competition”. Robert… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Institute for Apprenticeships boss blasts AELP for ‘inflammatory’ end point assessment concerns The boss of the Institute for Apprenticeships has hit out at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers for… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Ofsted watch: Private providers shine while colleges falter Private providers fared best out of the whole FE sector this week as three achieved ‘good’ ratings. There wasn’t… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 805 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 3d Billy Camden 3d 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 1w Anviksha Patel 1w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo 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
