Ofsted

Gilbert review: Ofsted ‘defensive and complacent’ after head’s death

Former chief inspector Dame Christine Gilbert’s damning review found the headteacher’s suicide ‘shone a light on a climate of…

Billy Camden
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted’s Big Listen: The 8 policies FE providers need to know

Reformed inspection framework, report cards and a new staff training academy announced

Billy Camden
Lucas Cumiskey and Billy Camden
Ofsted

Headline Ofsted grades scrapped with immediate effect – but only for schools

The move will ‘follow’ for colleges and ITPs, but the government has not said when

Billy Camden
Freddie Whittaker
Assessment, Curriculum

Revealed: Two college principals appointed to Labour’s curriculum review

Academy trust leaders, a SEND consultant and exam experts among those appointed to work with Professor Becky Francis

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

‘Shocked’ colleges launch collective complaint over English resit grade boundary hike

Exam board defends surprise decision as one CEO issues a judicial review threat

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, Skills reform

Hundreds of leaders make last-ditch plea for BTECs bonfire pause

455 school and college heads sign letter calling for minimum 1 year delay to defunding plans

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


News

£3m government AI ‘content store’ to help teachers plan lessons

But scheme will not see schools and colleges receive direct funding to help them adopt new technology

Billy Camden
Lucas Cumiskey
Colleges, General election

College ‘auto-enrols’ students on voting register

The scheme hopes to improve low turnouts of young voters

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
AEB, Devolution

Combined authority abandons botched AEB procurement

Providers left in the dark over West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s decision to ditch adult education tender

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Ofsted

Ofsted blasts SEND college for ‘unnecessarily’ putting learners at risk of harm

Safeguarding failings land ‘inadequate’ judgment that leads to several leadership changes

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Results 2024

Bauckham: Assessment review should ‘look at’ GCSE resits policy

Ofqual chief says policy requiring pupils without a grade 4 to re-take English and maths should form part of…

Billy Camden
Freddie Whittaker
Colleges, Results 2024

GCSE resits 2024: Maths pass rate up but English falls again

Resit cohorts rose substantially this year

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

Must read

Colleges, Long read

Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission

Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

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
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel