Apprenticeships

Babington announces third CEO in less than a year

COO promoted after ‘turnaround specialist’ resigns with immediate effect

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted, SEND

Ofsted to examine how SEND pupils are prepared for adulthood

Inspectors will visit a ‘small number of areas’ to look at a ‘particular aspect of SEND in-depth’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
News

RAAC: 10 colleges will get removal grants

234 education settings have now been identified as having confirmed RAAC

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Care apprenticeship provider slated for focus on diploma rather than OTJ and EPA

Ofsted also slams ‘poor’ training as director strips back staff numbers

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

Birmingham sixth form college awarded ‘outstanding’ second time running

The city’s only sixth form college praised for ambitious curriculums for thousands of learners

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

First apprentices awarded ‘professional status’ post-nominals

Sixteen former apprentices first to be awarded professional status through new recognition scheme

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen


News

Ofsted rejects RAAC inspection exemption call

But crumbly concrete disruption will be ‘sufficient grounds to defer the inspection’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Apprenticeships

Hundreds of small businesses utilise removal of apprenticeship cap

Some SMEs have recruited over 50 apprentices since April 2023 policy change

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Electric car charging grants for colleges rise to £2,500

Ministers say colleges could generate revenue by allowing the public to use their charging points

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ofsted orders review into wiped evidence claims

It has been revealed how technical glitches force inspectors to re-record inspection evidence, sometimes from memory

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Apprenticeships

School teacher degree apprenticeship to launch in 2025

The four-year course will come with 40 per cent off-the-job training requirement

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Apprenticeships

Construction giant could face £17m clawback after apprenticeship data error

Construction body increases pot by nearly 50 per cent for ESFA clawback

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel

Must read

16-19

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
Qualifications

Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs

New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Long read

Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill