News Apprentice travel discounts yet to manifest Six months after the Conservatives committed to cutting travel costs for apprentices in their election manifesto, there is no… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted watch: Impressive week for FE colleges It’s been an outstanding week for general FE colleges, with one awarded a grade one and a second going… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Ofsted returns to Learndirect as the provider fights for survival Ofsted has completed its first monitoring visit at Learndirect, as the provider attempts to improve on its ‘inadequate’ rating… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News ESFA threatens to bring forward data deadlines The ESFA has threatened to move the deadlines for individualised learner records (ILR) forward because it reckons too many… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Government rejects call for change on end-point assessment The government has rejected a call from an influential parliamentary group for at least one end-point assessment organisation to… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Don’t ‘punish’ young people with mandatory T-level work placements, AoC pleads The Association of Colleges has asked the government not to “punish” young people by making 315-hour work placements mandatory… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News AoC boss talks tough over management apprenticeships David Hughes has “serious concerns” about the unstoppable rise of management apprenticeships and the consequent lack of opportunities for… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Exclusive: Ofsted ratings decline for colleges exposed as funding cuts bite More than one third of English colleges are currently rated less than ‘good’ by Ofsted, whose boss has refused… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Ofsted proposes to publish monitoring visits of grade 3 providers Ofsted is seeking views on a proposal to carry out monitoring visits to FE providers judged ‘requires improvement’ and… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Area review restructuring fund shortfall prompts extension Around £600 million of the cash available to colleges for post-area review restructuring remains unallocated – prompting the Department… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News SPONSORED: JTL is recruiting trade and training professionals What happens when you combine a booming construction industry, a shortage of skilled trade professionals and a fall in… Features Team 8y Features Team 8y News Third FE college in six months rated Ofsted outstanding A third general FE college has been rated ‘outstanding’ in the space of six months. Fareham College was recognised… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Newer 1 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 851 Older Must read Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories Young people 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
