News

Ofsted orders review into wiped evidence claims

It has been revealed how technical glitches force inspectors to re-record inspection evidence, sometimes from memory

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Apprenticeships

School teacher degree apprenticeship to launch in 2025

The four-year course will come with 40 per cent off-the-job training requirement

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Apprenticeships

Construction giant could face £17m clawback after apprenticeship data error

Construction body increases pot by nearly 50 per cent for ESFA clawback

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
FE Commissioner

FE Commissioner flags insolvency risk after Leicestershire college ‘took their eye off the ball’

SMB Group propped up by emergency funding from FE Commissioner

Josh Barrie
Josh Barrie
Apprenticeships

ESFA failing to curb apprentice assessment ‘bundling’

Awarding bodies call for clarity after rules watered down and culprits ‘hide in plain sight’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
T Levels

Employers warned years ago that hairdressing T Levels wouldn’t cut it

Businesses flagged concerns with placements and standards early in the process – but officials overruled

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen


News

Alternative provision in ‘desperate need of reform’, damning Ofsted and CQC report says

AP transition to post-16 provision ‘often delayed’, report says, with unclear oversight responsibilities

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Adult education, Devolution

WEA threatens legal action against combined authority amid grant funding row

A decision to refuse to grant fund the WEA puts 70 jobs at risk

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, Sponsored post

Countdown to milestone 10th Annual Apprenticeship Conference

Organisers have announced keynotes from apprenticeship minister Robert Halfon MP, shadow minister Seema Malhotra MP and His Majesty’s Chief…

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AAC
WorldSkills 2024

WorldSkills: Pearson announced as official Team UK partner

UK names squad for renewable energy and additive manufacturing competitions

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
BTECs, T Levels

71 courses face the axe in favour of wave 4 T Levels

Popular BTECs in media and animal management to be scrapped, DfE announces

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
T Levels

‘Shock’ as ministers suddenly scrap hairdressing and barbering T Levels

Hair industry employers preferred apprenticeships to the proposed T Level

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen

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
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

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
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel