Colleges Exclusive College’s future secured as £45m redevelopment gets green light Councillors greenlight refurbishment following arguments that it was ‘blackmailed’ to approve Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Apprenticeships Exclusive Scandalous apprenticeship provider owner hit with 6-year director’s ban Matrimonial property also sold for £2.2m as liquidators seek to repay colleges Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Colleges Well-known college principal suddenly steps down East Coast College said Stuart Rimmer left at the end of December, but would not say why Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y News Exclusive Councils to charge families for post-16 SEND transport to plug black holes ‘Unfair’ plans slammed as cash-strapped LAs look to balance books Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y News Exclusive Ofsted promises to start recording inspection pauses in new era Pledge comes after watchdog admits it holds no ‘central record of the number of inspections that have been paused’ Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Apprenticeship provider boss embroiled in Post Office scandal Lifetime Training board backs David Smith as he inputs to public inquiry Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Apprenticeships Funding boost for popular early years apprenticeship DfE hopes increase will aid nursery providers in training more staff amid a workforce crisis Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y resits GCSE maths resit pass rate lower than pre-pandemic But performance in English re-takes continues to rise Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y RAAC DfE will repay colleges £4k for RAAC surveys – but there’s a catch Funding will only be available for surveys carried out over a two-month period last year Jack Dyson 1y Jack Dyson 1y News HE short course trial hit 5% of student enrolment target ‘Dire’ figures raise questions about demand for the Lifelong Learning Entitlement Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y News Ofsted: Inspectors locked out of new training after tech glitch Watchdog promises to send video of mental health training to all inspectors after hundreds were unable to access the… Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Ofsted Ofsted inspections to restart from January 22 Union leaders will also provide ‘constructive challenge’ on Ofsted’s response to critical coroner report Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Newer 1 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 802 Older Must read 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories 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 Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo
