ITPs, Ofsted Training provider slammed for ‘coaching’ students for assessments Too many students pass assessments without understanding the course content, inspectors said Josh Mellor 10mo Josh Mellor 10mo Apprenticeships, DfE, ITPs DfE accounts: Apprenticeship underspend and insolvent provider write-offs revealed Nearly £20 million was lost last year to dissolved training providers Josh Mellor 10mo Josh Mellor 10mo Colleges Labour snubs colleges in public sector pay awards The Advanced British Standard has also been scrapped Anviksha Patel 10mo Anviksha Patel 10mo ESFA ESFA accounts: Major write-off for insolvent training provider The agency’s new boss also took a 16 per cent pay rise Josh Mellor 10mo Josh Mellor 10mo Apprenticeships Lifetime Training’s losses more than double to £21m Poor financial position in latest accounts partly caused by £5m ESFA clawback Billy Camden 11mo Billy Camden 11mo Ofsted, SEND Merseyside SEND college awarded first ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating Independent specialist provider with high achievement and attendance rates celebrates top marks Anviksha Patel 11mo Anviksha Patel 11mo Office for Students OfS independent reviewer becomes regulator’s chair HE free speech laws will also possibly be scrapped Josh Mellor 11mo Josh Mellor 11mo News BTECs pause and review: Everything you need to know DfE to conclude review of defunding reforms by December, but Labour accused of ‘betrayal’ amid lack of long-term pause Billy Camden 11mo Billy Camden 11mo SEND Eight reforms to fix ‘broken’ SEND system from councils-backed report A national regulator, greater clarity over needs, clampdown on private sector profits and ‘less adversarial’ system proposed Jack Dyson 11mo Jack Dyson 11mo Careers NEET support programme extended with £2.5m boost Careers education body receives extra cash for careers support pilot to 1,500 more young people Anviksha Patel 11mo Anviksha Patel 11mo News DfE pauses post-16 qualifications reform and BTEC defunding Bridget Phillipson confirms government will review the controversial plans by the end of the year – but only 2024… Billy Camden 11mo FE Week Reporter 11mo Skills reform Slash tuition fees to £6k to fix tertiary system ‘bias’, says think tank Final EDSK report sets out roadmap to a more coherent post-18 education system Josh Mellor 11mo Josh Mellor 11mo Newer 1 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 811 Older Must read Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 1mo Billy Camden 1mo 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo
