News Exam reform would stop ‘race to the bottom’, say MPs A radical shake-up of the qualifications system for 15 to 19-year-olds in England has been proposed by an influential… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Providers’ management fees to be audited Lead providers who subcontract will need to provide a report next year that proves they are not taking too… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News SFA satisfaction survey The Skills Funding Agency has launched its second annual ‘College and Training Organisation Survey’. The questionnaire looks at how… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News SFA to have a rethink A functional skills convention was held by the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) and the Learning and… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Colleges break ranks and praise Ofsted Inspectors this week received praise from two of England’s largest colleges, despite new data confirming a sharp rise in… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Department for Education shuns its own funding consultation The government is ignoring concerns from colleges, parents and learners about plans to fund education providers on a “per… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News EFA unveil funding per student system The Education Funding Agency (EFA) is to replace the current funding formula with a payment per student system in… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Funding for FE colleges to teach 14-16 year olds The Department for Education (DfE) have referred to plans to fund colleges for teaching 14-16 year olds in their School funding… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Sixth-form colleges fear for their future A report by the Sixth Form Colleges Forum (SFCF) warns that many colleges “fear for their future” because of… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News EFA publish 16-19 funding guidance for 2012/13 The Education Funding Agency has published a series of documents outlining its funding arrangements for 2012/13. It includes version… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Gateshead College appeal Ofsted Gateshead College has appealed against a “satisfactory” inspection grade awarded by Ofsted after an inspection in May this year…. FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Lead contractors ‘top-slice’ more than £175 million Lead providers charged more than £175 million in management fees to subcontractors in the 2011/12 academic year, an analysis… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 815 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
