News Ofsted watch: A week of contrasting fortunes for UTCs It’s been a week of contrasting fortunes for university technical colleges, as one is rated ‘good’ and another ‘inadequate’… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Ofsted: Bigger colleges aren’t always better “Big is not always beautiful,” Ofsted’s main man for FE has warned, admitting he is considering the effect of… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News AoC criticises new public sector register of providers A second register for apprenticeship training providers is being created for the public sector, and the Association of Colleges… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Ex-principal paid £80k for gardening leave amid staff redundancy push A former Sussex principal is being paid around £80,000 not to work over a five-month period even though the… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Secrecy surrounds Ofsted’s decision to declare its 3aaa inspection ‘incomplete’ Ofsted’s latest inspection of Aspire Achieve Advance – which holds the largest ESFA apprenticeship allocation – is “incomplete” following… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News An eighth UTC gets the bottom Ofsted grade Yet another university technical college has been rated ‘inadequate’, the eighth to receive Ofsted’s most dubious honour. Derby Manufacturing… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Spotlight on 16-year-olds as NEETs rise and level 2 apprenticeships fall A sharp fall in the number of 16-year-olds taking up level two apprenticeships is being blamed for a startling… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Bids reopen for £13m strategic college improvement fund Colleges can bid for the remaining £13 million from the strategic college improvement fund using newly released guidance. The… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Journalism bosses hit out at apprenticeship training blockage Media bosses have criticised the “red tape” that surrounds the government’s apprenticeships register, seemingly preventing providers from training journalists…. Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Damian Hinds defends T-levels timetable to Education Committee The education secretary has defended his decision not to delay the first T-levels, insisting the new qualifications are being… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Unions write to AOC to justify 5 per cent national pay claim Trade unions have written to the Association of Colleges to spell out exactly why they have resubmitted a claim… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Staff at Lowestoft SFC out on the first of six strike days over merger Staff at Lowestoft Sixth-Form College have walked out on the first of six days of strike action protesting a… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Newer 1 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 851 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
