Assessment, Young people

A-level results 2024: A* grades rise by 8%

Top grades up slightly on last year – but huge rise in students getting three A*s

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Assessment, Young people

T Level results 2024: Fewer dropouts but pass rate dips below 90%

Proportion receiving top grades has also fallen significantly

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Young people

First T Level relicensing winners and huge contract boosts revealed 

One awarding giant decided not to re-tender at all as 4 contracts get reassigned

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Sixth form students studying narrower range of A-level subjects, report finds

Decoupling AS and A-levels looks to have hit take-up for humanities while students ‘increasingly’ choosing from single subject group

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Colleges, Politics

Government defends college teacher pay snub

DfE says decisions on FE funding and other workforces without a pay review body will be made at the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

Leeds FE ‘capacity crisis’ risks leaving poorest behind

A local college leader says the DfE should redirect “unused” capital funds to where they are most needed

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor


Ofsted

Beauty and the best: Hair and beauty provider graded ‘outstanding’ across the board

Inspectors heaped praise on holistic curriculums and “role model” managers at Debut Training Academy

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
FE workforce

UCU staff threaten ‘last resort’ indefinite strike action

Dispute between college teaching union and its staff over workplace racism and conditions escalates with threat of continuous strikes…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges

Moulton College exits financial intervention after seven years

College celebrates “turnaround that very few thought possible”

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Early years provider buzzing after ‘outstanding’ first inspection

Inspectors praised ‘highly motivated’ apprentices at Leicester’s Bright Bees Nursery

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
News

Phillipson defends ‘risible’ partial level 3 defunding pause

Pausing 2025 and 2026 defunding plans could prejudice DfE review, education secretary says

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
WorldSkills 2024

Final push for WorldSkills Lyon as Team UK ramps up training 

Competitors enter international pressure tests to train before WorldSkills Lyon

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel

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Colleges, Politics

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
Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund
Colleges, Long read

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
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

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
Shane Chowen
Young people

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen