Transgender guidance

Education sector sounds the alarm over transgender guidance

Calls for government to back schools and colleges in legal cases, fears guidance clashes with safeguarding rules and isn’t…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Apprenticeships

First London university to get top Ofsted marks

Brunel Uni’s apprenticeships lauded as ‘outstanding’ in all areas

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, Ofsted

East Sussex sixth form college upgraded to ‘outstanding’

Bexhill College receives top Ofsted marks after first full inspection in 14 years

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Assessment, Long read

AI’s threat to the essence of learning is far bigger than we realise

FE Week has uncovered significant evidence of the harm that generative AI is doing to the integrity of assessment,…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
News

SEND college considers closure after ‘wrong’ Ofsted result

Specialist provider hit with second ‘inadequate’ report in just over a year

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Awarding

Cyber attacks: Exam boards told to introduce new security measures

Ofqual chief Sir Ian Bauckham said regulator will undertake ‘rigorous’ checks on exam board plans to move tests on-screen

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


News

Keegan: ‘I’d have punched Ofsted inspector’

Education secretary makes claim after hearing about ‘rude’ inspectors at school

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Ofsted

Sir Martyn Oliver’s first big Ofsted speech: in full

Ofsted chief inspector promises to ‘do more to recognise the challenging circumstances leaders face’

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Ofsted

Ofsted website change will show ‘component’ grades – Oliver

Visitors to watchdog’s website will see sub-judgments like ‘quality of education’ and ‘leadership and management’ on provider pages

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
News

New ASCL boss: ‘T Levels are not the only answer’

Pepe Di’Iasio speaks to FE Week as he prepares to take over at leaders’ union

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship growth pilot cash would reach just 15 ITPs

Providers need to start at least 15 apprentices on the chosen standards to be eligible for extra funding

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges

Principal resigns weeks after Ofsted downgrade

Financial concerns have also surfaced as Bath College drafts in troubleshooter

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

Must read

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
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