Colleges, Skills reform

BTECs axe will cause huge ‘qualifications gap’, ministers warned

Report claims key areas of the economy will be hit by scrapping ‘vital’ courses amid slow T Levels growth

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
DfE

DfE accounts 2025: Apprenticeship ‘failures’ and minister payouts revealed

Report also shows a bumper pay rise for the DfE's top boss and money paid to companies linked to...

Billy Camden
Joshua Mellor and Freddie Whittaker
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship starts rise as tax and wage hikes come into force

But adverts fall while vacancies begin to plummet

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Blame game as lawyers conclude Marples v DfE fight 

‘What is it you're complaining about?’, judge asks claimants during closing arguments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

Northern College proposes merger after weathering ‘perfect storm’

The adult residential college has set out the plan four years after opting to remain standalone

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Fuel pumped up with Ofsted’s premium rating

Large leadership and management provider aims to double apprentice numbers after grade one feat

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Devolution

Combined authority pauses adult skills contracts after legal challenge

Delivery is supposed to start next month

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, GCSE resits

‘Significant disadvantage gap’ in GCSE resits revealed

EPI calls for ‘targeted reforms’ to help students ‘who feel trapped on the resit treadmill’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

Two senior leaders suddenly exit north east college 

Pair won’t return ‘for the foreseeable future’, staff told

Billy Camden
Billy Camden