News ‘Massive’ error in the National Success Rates Tables The National Success Rate Tables (NSRT) for 2010/11 will need to be republished after significant errors were identified. More… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Stafford College and Franklin College consider Ofsted appeals Two colleges in the FE sector are considering appeals after receiving ‘inadequate’ or ‘satisfactory’ inspection grades from Ofsted. Stafford… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Flaws highlighted in the Apprenticeship Training Agency model The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has questioned the way learners are employed by Apprenticeship Training Agencies… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Geoff Hall receives knighthood The chair of the information authority was knighted at Buckingham Palace last week. Geoff Hall – principal of New… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Kim Thorneywork new SFA chief executive Kim Thorneywork is the new interim chief executive of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA). Geoff Russell, the current chief… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Stafford College receives “inadequate” Ofsted grade Stafford College has been rated “inadequate” in a recent Ofsted inspection. The college, which received a grade 2 in… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Franklin College receives “inadequate” Ofsted grade Franklin College has been judged as “inadequate” by Ofsted under new pilot inspection guidelines. The sixth form college in… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News SFA interim chief executive to be revealed later today The new interim chief executive of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) will be announced later today. The Department for… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News ‘Cheated’ colleges’ secret audit A report commissioned by a secret group of FE colleges has accused other institutions of manipulating data in order… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Sunderland College staff to strike over proposed pay cuts Staff at Sunderland College are striking over a row concerning their pay. The University and College Union (UCU) said… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Ofsted adds to criticism of A4e Staff at A4e are struggling to improve the way they deliver apprenticeships, according to a monitoring report published by… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Poor information on vocational courses given to students A third of pupils have never been presented with the option of taking up a vocational course, according to research… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 810 Older Must read Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 1mo Billy Camden 1mo 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo
