Colleges, Funding

16-19 funding to rise by 1.9% from August 2024

Uplifts won’t help teacher recruitment and retention crisis, AoC said

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, English and maths, Skills reform

DfE to introduce English and maths resit minimum hours and scrap 5% tolerance

‘Wholly unhelpful’ changes to condition of funding rules amid concerns over rising non-compliance

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Wolf offers 3 apprenticeship policy ‘slam dunks’ for next government

Former PM skills adviser warns apprenticeships ‘heading in the wrong direction’ and Labour’s plans will ‘make things worse’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Curriculum planning to meet skills needs

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Code Institute
Code Institute
T Levels

IfATE backtracks on public sector T Level targets

Board members wanted to ‘lobby’ for placement targets but later changed their minds

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen


Apprenticeships

Tory constituencies hit hard by apprenticeship levy introduction

Apprenticeship starts are down 26 per cent in the prime minister’s constituency

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Ofsted

Local authority receives rare grade 4 Ofsted rating

Inspectors find no governance arrangements or quality assurance at Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

Top skills civil servant Kirsty Evans to leave DfE

She’s the latest in a string of high-profile departures

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Colleges, Reclassification, Skills reform

DfE promises to ‘streamline’ high-end principal salary sign-offs

Lengthy delays are impacting college boss recruitment

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

College U-turns on paid president gig after backlash

Ex-principal’s son also resigns after nepotism accusations

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel

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Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps

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
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