Colleges, Ofsted East Sussex sixth form college upgraded to ‘outstanding’ Bexhill College receives top Ofsted marks after first full inspection in 14 years Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Assessment, Long read Investigation AI’s threat to the essence of learning is far bigger than we realise FE Week has uncovered significant evidence of the harm that generative AI is doing to the integrity of assessment,… Jessica Hill 1y Jessica Hill 1y News SEND college considers closure after ‘wrong’ Ofsted result Specialist provider hit with second ‘inadequate’ report in just over a year Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Exams Cyber attacks: Exam boards told to introduce new security measures Ofqual chief Sir Ian Bauckham said regulator will undertake ‘rigorous’ checks on exam board plans to move tests on-screen Samantha Booth 1y Samantha Booth 1y News Keegan: ‘I’d have punched Ofsted inspector’ Education secretary makes claim after hearing about ‘rude’ inspectors at school Jack Dyson 1y Jack Dyson 1y Ofsted Sir Martyn Oliver’s first big Ofsted speech: in full Ofsted chief inspector promises to ‘do more to recognise the challenging circumstances leaders face’ FE Week Reporter 1y FE Week Reporter 1y Ofsted Ofsted website change will show ‘component’ grades – Oliver Visitors to watchdog’s website will see sub-judgments like ‘quality of education’ and ‘leadership and management’ on provider pages Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y News New ASCL boss: ‘T Levels are not the only answer’ Pepe Di’Iasio speaks to FE Week as he prepares to take over at leaders’ union Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Apprenticeships Exclusive Apprenticeship growth pilot cash would reach just 15 ITPs Providers need to start at least 15 apprentices on the chosen standards to be eligible for extra funding Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Colleges Principal resigns weeks after Ofsted downgrade Financial concerns have also surfaced as Bath College drafts in troubleshooter Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Colleges, resits AQA to launch free digital maths tests for GCSE resitters But plans to introduce on-screen exams delayed Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Ofsted Big Listen: Ofsted explores ‘withholding’ safeguarding failure reports Sir Martyn Oliver vows to listen to criticism and ideas for ‘big reforms’ Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey and Josh Mellor 1y Newer 1 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 806 Older Must read 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo 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
