News Consultation launches on FE residential safeguarding standards The government has opened its consultation on new national minimum standards for residential accommodation for 16- to 18-year-olds in… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Milton appears to back subcontractor inspections The skills minister has appeared to agree that Ofsted should inspect subcontractors during an exchange at education questions in… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Extra-curricular and student support cuts exposed Two thirds of colleges and schools have had to cut extra-curricular activities and student support services due to crippling… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted Watch: Three councils told adult learning requires improvement Three local authorities have been told by Ofsted that their provision of adult and community learning ‘requires improvement’. Birmingham… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Exclusive Halfon: ‘Ofsted must start inspecting subcontractors’ The head of the Commons education select committee wants a “wholesale review” into why Ofsted is yet to inspect… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Greening ‘all talk’ on BAME apprenticeships The education secretary has been accused of putting more talk than action into growing apprenticeships amongst ethnic minorities. Justine… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News ‘Don’t forget FE in the budget’ demand sector leaders in open letter Leading voices in FE have joined forces to demand more funding for the sector ahead of the autumn budget…. Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News WEA Awards recognise achievement against the odds Eight people who overcame all sorts of barriers to take their first steps towards teaching other adult learners have… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Huge spike in higher level apprenticeship commitments Levy-funded apprenticeships at higher and degree-level jumped by a whopping 424 per cent in September, according to the latest… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Major home health care employer provider branded ‘inadequate’ Ofsted has rated a major home healthcare employer-provider ‘inadequate’ across the board, in a report that condemns its “woefully… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News ESFA plans new ‘trusted provider status’ for employer levy account management The government revealed today that they are working on a plan to allow employers to hand over much of… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Off-the-job training rule hangs over AELP autumn conference The government must urgently address employer resistance to the minimum off-the-job training apprenticeship rule, the AELP has said ahead… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 805 Older Must read Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 1d Billy Camden 1d Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 1w Anviksha Patel 1w Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Next 3 stories T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo
