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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
Paul Offord
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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
Paul Offord
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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
Billy Camden
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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
Paul Offord
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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
Billy Camden
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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
Paul Offord


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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
Billy Camden
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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
Jude Burke
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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
Jude Burke
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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
Jude Burke
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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
Billy Camden
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Revealed: Ofsted’s second report into ‘new’ apprenticeship providers

The second of a new wave of Ofsted early-monitoring visit reports keeping a close eye on newcomers to directly…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke

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

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Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission

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Jessica Hill
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Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

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Billy Camden