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 11mo Billy Camden 11mo 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 11mo Josh Mellor 11mo 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 11mo Josh Mellor 11mo Colleges, Ofsted, SEND Watchdogs call for EHCPs to include preparation for adulthood plans SEND ‘cliff edge’ still exists, Ofsted and CQC find Josh Mellor 11mo Josh Mellor 11mo 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 11mo Josh Mellor 11mo 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 11mo Lucas Cumiskey 11mo Colleges College trials ‘radical’ 4-day week Teachers say mid-week lesson planning day will allows for better work-life balance Anviksha Patel 11mo Anviksha Patel 11mo ATC 2025 Apprenticeship and Training Awards 2025 finalists revealed Winners will be announced at the ATC in March FE Week Reporter 11mo FE Week Reporter 11mo 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 11mo Anviksha Patel 11mo 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 11mo Josh Mellor 11mo 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 11mo Billy Camden 11mo Apprenticeships Exclusive Start date for apprenticeship UCAS points revealed The policy will kick in later than planned Anviksha Patel 11mo Anviksha Patel 11mo Newer 1 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 832 Older Must read 16-19 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 2h Anviksha Patel 2h 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w Next 3 stories Qualifications Exclusive 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges, Long read 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo