News More than half of apprenticeship standards still have no assessor Too many uncertainties in the new apprenticeship system is fuelling the acute lack of assessment organisations for new standards,… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Finance director blamed in new FE commissioner report A former finance director has been singled out as the “root cause” of a major London college’s financial failings,… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Exclusive: New Ofsted chief ‘worried’ about apprenticeship register The new chief inspector at Ofsted, Amanda Spielman, has spoken to FE Week of her concern following publication of… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Less than 50 per cent of inspected UTCs ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ Less than half of the university technical colleges visited by Ofsted have received ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ grades, exclusive FE… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News No funded qualifications for over a third of approved standards More than a third of the apprenticeship standards that the government has deemed ready for delivery involve no funded… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Exclusive Major provider chaired by ex-SFA boss calls in administrators A major training provider whose chair was the first chief executive of the Skills Funding Agency has gone into… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Institute for Apprenticeships most popular for external quality assurance The Institute for Apprenticeships is the most popular choice for external quality assurance for apprenticeship standards – even though… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Ofsted watch: sixth form college plummets after 10-year inspection wait A sixth form college that hadn’t received an inspection for 10 years sank from ‘outstanding’ to ‘requires improvement’ –… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Struggling college has ‘agreed to release’ principal A college that recently switched merger partner following an Ofsted grade four has “agreed to release” its principal. The… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News No Birmingham colleges make apprenticeships register The nation’s second largest city may not have an FE college delivering apprenticeships when the levy launches in April,… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Outrage at decision to widen admissions for small sixth form The controversial decision to widen admissions at a struggling small-school sixth form has come in for fierce criticism, due… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted boss commits to more ‘positive and purposeful’ approach to FE Ofsted’s new chief inspector was vowed to “reset” the relationship between the education watchdog and colleges, in her first… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y Newer 1 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 804 Older Must read 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 Next 3 stories 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 Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo
