Ofsted

Education MPs endorse Sir Martyn Oliver as new Ofsted boss

Oliver said in his application Ofsted has gone from being seen as ‘combative to cold’, and will take a…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Apprenticeships

‘Outstanding’ provider exits apprenticeships and bootcamps

‘Market attractiveness’ forces Avado to switch focus to AI

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Jessica Hill
News

New Lifetime Training leadership plans more redundancies

Around 5% of the provider’s 1,000-strong workforce set to be cut

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
WorldSkills

EuroSkills 2023: Restaurant services with a smile

Competitors tasked with fine dining and bistro services after gruelling training programme

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, RAAC

RAAC surveys delayed due to lack of specialists

But no colleges have had to delay the start of term because of crumbling RAAC concrete

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Colleges

All quiet on the Weston front: Hunt for permanent principal drags on

Questions remain over Sir Paul Phillips’ president position after stepping down as principal

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel


AEB

DfE hands out extra AEB contract

National tender confusion and controversy mounts

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
WorldSkills

EuroSkills 2023: Team UK competitors productive and positive after day 1

Gordon Ramsay restaurant chef among the UK’s young stars getting off to a good start

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

RAAC: 1 college named as DfE finally publishes list of affected schools

But all students at the college remain in face-to-face education

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
WorldSkills

EuroSkills 2023: WorldSkills UK alumni leads opening ceremony rousing speeches

Dan McCabe won gold in 3D Digital Game Art at EuroSkills 2016

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Politics

Keir Starmer appoints new shadow skills minister

Toby Perkins has been replaced by Seema Malhotra as shadow skills minister

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Ofsted

Sir Martyn Oliver sets out his priorities for the Ofsted top job

The academy boss has pledged to run a ‘big listen’ with the sector and is eyeing allowing HMIs to…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker

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