News BREAKING: Area review transition grant details published Details of all the area review transition grants awarded to date have finally been published by the Department for… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Ofsted watch: Private provider loses ‘outstanding’ rating A private training provider lost its ‘outstanding’ rating in what was otherwise a sturdy week for FE providers. Heart… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Three month inspection report delay nearly over, Ofsted claims An Ofsted report on a major college in Essex is still nowhere to be seen – despite the provider… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Area review waves four and five recommendations published Reports into the final two waves of the area reviews of post-16 education and training have finally been published… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News DfE call for £600-a-day assessment consultants branded ‘recipe for failure’ The Department for Education is on the hunt for £600-a-day consultants to advise on the “suitability of proposed assessment… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News DfE refuses to reveal April apprenticeship starts The Department for Education has refused to tell FE Week how many apprenticeship starts there were in April –… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Government listen to concerns and pause all apprenticeship framework removals The government’s decision on the phasing out of the next wave of apprenticeship frameworks has again be postponed, this… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Government revises 29 apprenticeship framework funding rates The potential funding rates for health and social care apprenticeship frameworks, among many others, have been increased by the… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Scrap the new and ‘controversial’ £200,000 non-levy tender minimum, says AELP A request to scrap the “controversial” £200,000 threshold in the new non-levy procurement process is going to be put… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News IfA appoints small exam board as apprenticeship ‘External Quality Assurance’ delivery partner A small awarding organisation that appears to have little experience in the apprenticeships market will deliver external quality assurance… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News SFCA welcome significant funding win for two year courses Funding for students that drop-out in the second year of their two year course will be doubled, under a… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Providers to be blocked by DfE from speaking directly to the media – it’s ‘nonsensical’ says AELP boss The government has told providers who deliver apprenticeship provision for non-levy-paying employers that they must not speak directly with… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y Newer 1 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 848 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 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 Next 3 stories 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
