News Ofsted watch: A ‘reasonable’ week for new apprenticeship providers It’s been a ‘reasonable’ week for FE and skills, as two ‘new’ apprenticeship providers have been given the thumbs… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News AEB devolution plan to link job outcomes with funding will require more robust learner destination data Sadiq Khan is demanding London’s training providers collect more robust learner destination data as he ploughs ahead with plans… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive ESFA set to rule on calls for a subcontracting management fee cap The Education and Skills Funding Agency will imminently publish its first ever policy for management fees in subcontracting –… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted: more cash needed before campus-level inspections become reality Ofsted is keen to introduce campus-level inspections but would need more cash from the Department for Education before they… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Ofsted criticised for allowing college mergers to be excuse for turning a blind eye to failure The chair of the influential education select committee has called on Ofsted to “learn the lessons” from Learndirect, after… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Education secretary ‘welcomes’ awarding bodies decision to withdraw T-levels legal challenge Damian Hinds has “welcomed” the Federation of Awarding Bodies decision to drop its legal challenge against the government’s implementation… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Exclusive: T-level legal challenge dropped after DfE offer to ‘re-set the relationship’ with awarding bodies The Federation of Awarding Bodies has dropped its legal challenge against the government’s T-level implementation plans – paving the… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News DfE ploughs ahead with plans for college campus performance reporting The Department for Education will go ahead with proposals to strengthen performance reporting for colleges that are part of… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News IfA quality committee fears conflict of interest the ‘biggest risk’, newly published documents reveal Conflicts of interest are the “biggest risk” to the effectiveness of external quality assurance, the Institute for Apprenticeships has… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News FE could face MORE budget cuts despite hopes for more cash The FE sector could be in for another shattering round of funding cuts, after the chancellor reportedly told ministries… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Almost 350 Carillon apprentices to lose wage support Nearly 350 former Carillion apprentices will have their wage support cut off next month after being made redundant. The… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted watch: ‘Unsafe’ college makes rapid safety improvements A specialist land-based college branded “unsafe” in a shocking grade four report in April has made swift improvements to… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 851 Older Must read 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 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 Next 3 stories 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 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
