News Exclusive Prison education reforms on hold for another year Reforms to prison education seem to be back on hold, as existing offender learning contracts are being extended for… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News NCG and others blame IT ‘glitches’ for achievement rates table absence Providers have blamed “data glitches” for their absence from the latest national achievement rate tables. The five colleges and… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Exclusive Colleges in dark over data reporting rule Many colleges aren’t managing to fulfil their legal duties to publish 16-to-18 performance data – apparently because they don’t… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Ofsted watch: Local authority provider shakes off inadequate rating A council-run adult and community learning provider has managed to shake off its previous inadequate rating this week, going… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Ofsted chief stresses ‘real challenge’ with apprenticeships register Ofsted’s chief inspector has reiterated the “real challenge” faced by the education watchdog following the influx of new training… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Gold standard for 14 colleges with HE teaching Fourteen FE colleges have achieved gold status for higher education teaching in the first ever Teaching Excellence Framework ratings…. Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Terminated: Government bans major levy provider after FE Week exposé A major training provider claiming to have £130m of apprenticeship levy business has had its contract with the ESFA… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Festival of Skills: Apprenticeship starts ‘a quarter’ of what they were before May Members of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers have reported apprenticeship starts in May falling to around a… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Festival of Skills: Start assessing as apprentices begin, providers told Providers need to assess new apprentices’ skills as soon as they begin training in order to establish a baseline… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Second consecutive grade four Ofsted for previously ‘outstanding’ college A former ‘outstanding’ college has been hit with a second consecutive ‘inadequate’ rating from Ofsted in just 15 months…. Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Government urged to do more to rescue struggling UTCs Far more needs to be done by the government to support its struggling University Technical Colleges programme, a new… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Exclusive £10 million refund claims expected from colleges as HMRC accepts euro VAT ruling Colleges will be exempt from VAT on important training supplies following a landmark European Court of Justice ruling –… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y Newer 1 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 845 Older Must read 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 16-19 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo Qualifications 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
