Colleges, Ofsted, SEND SEND college to close after second ‘inadequate’ rating Farleigh FE college will close its doors to learners with autism this summer Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Colleges Exclusive Collab Group CEO to retire in August Ian Pretty will step down after eight years at the helm Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y T Levels Investigation T Levels: Government departments not ‘walking the walk’ on industry placements Even the government body designed to promote T Levels only offered a few Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Apprenticeships Big employers back call for ‘off-the-job’ name change ‘Confusing’ title is exacerbating high withdrawal rates Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Labour, Ofsted Ofsted chief sounds warning over Labour safeguarding audit plan Amanda Spielman said plans to separate safeguarding from Ofsted inspections would be ‘much more expensive and complicated’ Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y T Levels Catering T Level in doubt as awarding body ends development ‘There is not a shared vision of the technical qualification’, says IfATE Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y T Levels NCFE transfers two T Level licences to rival Pearson to take over craft and design and media, broadcast and production Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Politics, Qualifications Exclusive Labour pledges to pause and review BTECs cull Party would not defund any AGQs under the current timeline if it wins the next general election Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y GCSEs More research needed into GCSE resit teaching methods, charity says No robust evidence base for post-16 English and maths teaching, EEF concludes Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Labour, Politics Starmer wants education to shatter the ‘class ceiling’ Labour leader to focus on inequality in major education speech Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Adult education, Training Providers Exclusive National AEB tender winners 2023 revealed 55 training providers awarded share of £75m pot Shane Chowen 2y Anviksha Patel and Shane Chowen 2y Training Providers Exclusive Lifetime Training CEO next in line for the chop Jon Graham to be replaced by turnaround specialist Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Newer 1 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 802 Older 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive 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 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo
