Ofsted

College ‘surprised’ at inspection just a year after ‘good’ result

‘We were repeatedly told there had been no trigger and it was within the usual inspection cycle’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

‘Inept’: Make UK speaks out after suppressing Ofsted

How a grade 4 report turned into a 2 in 7 months

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

Ban graduates from apprenticeships, says think tank

Former government skills adviser calls for reforms to boost education routes for school and college leavers that don’t go…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Ofsted

Ruth Perry: Ofsted plans training to spot ‘visible signs of anxiety’

Watchdog also launches new complaints hotline

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Colleges, Ofsted

Birmingham college recovers after four ‘requires improvement’ results

Birmingham Metropolitan College awarded grade 2 rating for the first time since 2011

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

5 things we learned from Keegan’s education committee hearing

Education secretary gives updates on RAAC, transgender guidance, ABS consultation and FE recruitment

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel


Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Provider that trains 5 apprentices judged ‘inadequate’

Inspectors find tutors lacking ‘expertise’ in apprenticeships and no vocational teaching

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Advent Calendar

The Schools Week & FE Week Festive Advent Calendar

Twelve days of festive fun with multiple competitions, prizes and fundraising

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Colleges

‘Underutilised’ college campus to reopen as specialist high needs centre

Principal ‘delighted’ to find ‘sustainable solution’ for the site after controversial closure

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

RAAC: 3 more colleges with crumbly concrete confirmed

DfE’s updated list shows 231 education settings have now identified the crumbly concrete

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
News

First T Levels relicensing tender launched

Awarding organisations sought to ‘refresh and develop’ those rolled out in waves 1 and 2

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

Ofsted: First ‘outstanding’ for Burton and South Derbyshire College

Inspectors praise ‘high performing culture’ and ‘exceptionally strong’ employer relationships

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel

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