Colleges

‘Inadequate’ Croydon College told to ‘harmonise cultures’ by FE Commissioner

Behaviour and attendance improving since ciritical inspection

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Multiply

£30m allocated in first year of Sunak’s flagship maths scheme goes unspent 

Whitehall too ‘short-termist’ after councils return most of Multiply funding

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

Security guards face losing licences after fraudulent training exposé

Pressure mounts on regulators to toughen up on malpractice

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
News

‘Demoralised’: Sunak calls time on T Levels during T Levels Week

PM seeks to axe flagship qualifications after just 3 years of delivery and £1bn investment

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Training Providers

Lawyers deny claims DfE acted unlawfully in AEB contract row

DfE claim they followed procurement rules in their defence to AEB procurement legal challenge

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Party Conferences 2023

GCSE English and maths resit funding boost

The rate for apprentices will go up 54% – from £471 to £724

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


Party Conferences 2023

Advanced British Standard: Everything you need to know

Our explainer on Rishi Sunak’s proposed new qualification to replace A-levels and T Levels

Billy Camden
John Dickens and Samantha Booth
Party Conferences 2023

Sunak to replace A-levels and T Levels with ‘Advanced British Standard’ qualification

PM wants to merge A-levels and T Levels under plan for sixth formers to study five subjects including ‘some…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Apprenticeships, Party Conferences 2023

Keegan ‘focussed’ on ‘wasteful’ apprenticeship drop outs

‘I can’t understand why they [completion rates] are not 99%. Who would give up that opportunity?’

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
News

Email attacks: Don’t lock down unless police say, DfE tells colleges

The message comes after schools in three counties locked down over emails threatening violence to pupils and staff

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
investigation, Long read

Why young asylum seekers and refugees are struggling to access college courses

Young people fleeing conflict, oppression and destitution in their home countries are arriving in England in record numbers. In…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
News

Keegan has not met any LGBT+ groups to discuss trans guidance

Education secretary had said delays to advice would allow more time ‘to speak to stakeholders’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson

Must read

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
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps

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
Billy Camden and Frances Read
Apprenticeships

Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse

ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education

Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets

Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen