Ofsted ASCL floats ‘3+ point’ grading scale for Ofsted and calls for reform delay Association warns Ofsted’s five-point grading plan would leave ‘school and college leaders in a worse position than they are… Freddie Whittaker 2mo Freddie Whittaker 2mo Colleges FE is top sector for sending deprived students on Turing trips FE providers have sent over 22,000 underprivileged students on international placements in four years Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Long read Profile A new hope for UTCs Despite being written off as a failure by Michael Gove, Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi believes university technical colleges… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Construction, skills Chancellor to pour £600m into construction training Plans include technical excellence colleges, cash incentives for foundation apprenticeships, skills bootcamps and more Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo T Levels DfE scraps three more T Levels Meanwhile Pearson scoops health and science contracts from NCFE and digital T Levels get new names Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo T Levels T Level starts grew 59% to 25,500 in 2024-25 Healthcare science T Level fails to attract students, figures show Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Strikes UCU staff to walk out for 6 weeks over ‘intolerable’ dispute Inter-union wars continue with 20-day strike without resolve 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 Skills reform Exclusive AGQs could be ‘timed out’ before curriculum review ends Campaigners sound alarm over DfE plans to drag diplomas into defunding controversy Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo GCSE resits DfE launches GCSE resit teacher training tender Prioritise regions with lower attainment rates and high teaching vacancy rates, DfE advises CPD bidders Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo News in brief, Politics Committee summons leaders for ‘new ways of doing FE’ hearing MPs will question experts on funding, staffing, curriculum and SEND FE Week Reporter 2mo FE Week Reporter 2mo Sponsored post Sponsored Building Strong Leadership for Effective T Level Implementation Are you struggling with T Level curriculum and implementation, or building strong employer relationships? Do you want to develop… Advertorial 2mo Education & Training Foundation 2mo Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 805 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 1w Billy Camden 1w 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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