News £3m government AI ‘content store’ to help teachers plan lessons But scheme will not see schools and colleges receive direct funding to help them adopt new technology Billy Camden 2y Lucas Cumiskey 2y Colleges, Students College ‘auto-enrols’ students on voting register The scheme hopes to improve low turnouts of young voters Josh Mellor 2y Josh Mellor 2y Adult education Combined authority abandons botched AEB procurement Providers left in the dark over West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s decision to ditch adult education tender Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Ofsted Ofsted blasts SEND college for ‘unnecessarily’ putting learners at risk of harm Safeguarding failings land ‘inadequate’ judgment that leads to several leadership changes Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Assessment, Young people Bauckham: Assessment review should ‘look at’ GCSE resits policy Ofqual chief says policy requiring pupils without a grade 4 to re-take English and maths should form part of… Billy Camden 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Assessment, Colleges, Young people GCSE resits 2024: Maths pass rate up but English falls again Resit cohorts rose substantially this year Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y News Leaders slam ‘unacceptable’ above-inflation 2025 exam fee rises Heads say increases are unaffordable for schools and colleges and ‘hard to stomach’ Billy Camden 2y Lucas Cumiskey 2y Skills reform DfE advertises for Skills England permanent chair and board Up to £25k on offer to successful candidate for 20 days’ work a year Josh Mellor 2y Josh Mellor 2y News Suspended students twice as likely to be NEET by age 24, research finds Think tank’s report puts ‘a number on the suspension employment grades gap for the first time’ Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Apprenticeships, Ofsted NHS to abandon ‘outstanding’ apprenticeship scheme in North East and Yorkshire Regional office to ditch successful direct delivery in favour of alternative providers Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Assessment, Young people Results 2024: 7 key trends from VTQ and T Level results North West tops the table on T Level awards while engineering students most likely to struggle with industry placements Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Assessment, Young people A-level results 2024: 8 key trends in England’s data Here’s what you need to know from the second year of ‘normal’ results since the pandemic Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Newer 1 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 850 Older Must read Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories Young people Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
