Politics, Skills reform

Teacher misconduct laws extended to FE colleges and providers

Children’s wellbeing and schools bill puts further education teachers in scope of lifetime bans

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

Bailout saves WCG from going insolvent next month

But the college group’s new principal says it is now ‘on the right track’

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Devolution, skills

Devolution white paper: Skills funding pots to be un-ringfenced

Mayors will also take on joint control of local skills improvement plans

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges, Ofsted, SEND

Watchdogs call for EHCPs to include preparation for adulthood plans

SEND ‘cliff edge’ still exists, Ofsted and CQC find

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

30 colleges risk private school VAT trap

Those who followed the Colchester Institute case and entered into Lennartz arrangements could be stung

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Ofqual

MPs give Sir Ian Bauckham the nod for Ofqual top job

Education committee hope he will serve a full term and ‘restore much-needed stability’ to the exams regulator

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey


Colleges

College trials ‘radical’ 4-day week

Teachers say mid-week lesson planning day will allows for better work-life balance

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
ATC 2025

Apprenticeship and Training Awards 2025 finalists revealed

Winners will be announced at the ATC in March

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

‘Inadequate’ for double RI apprenticeships trainer

Ensis Solutions downgraded by Ofsted after finding one third of apprentices should have finished their course

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

CITB shaves £5m from apprenticeship clawback bill

The training board, which administers its own levy, failed to comply with apprenticeship levy rules

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships

Phillipson muddies water on 50% growth and skills levy pledge

Education secretary revived the threshold this week for the first time since before the election

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Start date for apprenticeship UCAS points revealed

The policy will kick in later than planned

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel

Must read

16-19

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

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
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

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

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Long read

Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill