Qualifications Phillipson defends ‘risible’ partial level 3 defunding pause Pausing 2025 and 2026 defunding plans could prejudice DfE review, education secretary says Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y WorldSkills 2024 Final push for WorldSkills Lyon as Team UK ramps up training Competitors enter international pressure tests to train before WorldSkills Lyon Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Ofsted, Training Providers Training provider slammed for ‘coaching’ students for assessments Too many students pass assessments without understanding the course content, inspectors said Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Apprenticeships, DfE, Training Providers DfE accounts: Apprenticeship underspend and insolvent provider write-offs revealed Nearly £20 million was lost last year to dissolved training providers Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Colleges Labour snubs colleges in public sector pay awards The Advanced British Standard has also been scrapped Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Colleges, Training Providers ESFA accounts: Major write-off for insolvent training provider The agency’s new boss also took a 16 per cent pay rise Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Apprenticeships Lifetime Training’s losses more than double to £21m Poor financial position in latest accounts partly caused by £5m ESFA clawback Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Ofsted, SEND Merseyside SEND college awarded first ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating Independent specialist provider with high achievement and attendance rates celebrates top marks Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Higher education OfS independent reviewer becomes regulator’s chair HE free speech laws will also possibly be scrapped Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y 16-19, Qualifications BTECs pause and review: Everything you need to know DfE to conclude review of defunding reforms by December, but Labour accused of ‘betrayal’ amid lack of long-term pause Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y SEND Eight reforms to fix ‘broken’ SEND system from councils-backed report A national regulator, greater clarity over needs, clampdown on private sector profits and ‘less adversarial’ system proposed Jack Dyson 1y Jack Dyson 1y 16-19 NEET support programme extended with £2.5m boost Careers education body receives extra cash for careers support pilot to 1,500 more young people Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Newer 1 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 832 Older Must read 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 9h Anviksha Patel 9h 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
