News Ofsted watch: Outstanding rating highlight of positive week for FE The new year’s first outstanding Ofsted verdict for an FE provider was handed out this week, with two independent… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Education leaders call for co-ordinated national ESOL strategy Two of the country’s most senior educators have called on the government to produce a coherent national strategy for… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News FE Week victory: apprenticeship rules ban brokerage Public funds cannot be used to pay brokers’ fees, the Skills Funding Agency has officially ruled. In its final… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted denies going soft on employers despite IfA notes Ofsted has been forced to deny it would reduce its inspections of apprenticeships employer-providers to “samples”, despite the secret… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Carlisle College becomes NCG fifth FE college member NCG has confirmed it will absorb yet another provider in the north following months of talks. Further consolidation is… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Epping Forest College hires finance director despite £338k IT scandal The deputy chief executive of a major London college who abruptly left his post last summer over financial irregularities… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Government pushes for more over-60s apprentices Over-60s are being encouraged to do more apprenticeships, in a new government report looking at how to boost employment… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News AoC: Membership fees overhaul consultation to avoid £1 million overspend A consultation on the future of the Association of Colleges has set out plans for an overhaul of membership… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News First ever procurement process for adult education budget contracts finally launched The first ever procurement process for adult education budget contracts has finally been launched by the Skills Funding Agency…. Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Ofsted rates Birkenhead Sixth Form College as outstanding in all areas A sixth form college in the north west has become only the second in the country to be rated… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News IFS calls for minimum public sector workforce apprenticeship target to be scrapped The new minimum target for public sector bodies to employ at least 2.3 per cent of their workforce as… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Apprenticeship funding rule requiring 20 per cent off-the-job training ‘not going away’ Help is being offered to the government in an effort to define the minimum 20 per cent off-the-job training… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Newer 1 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 813 Older 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 1w Jessica Hill 1w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
