Ofsted

Apprenticeship giant Kaplan secures Ofsted upgrade

Financial services and accountancy provider praised for quality improvement strategies and action to reduce withdrawals

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

Merger partner found for troubled Somerset college

Partnership aims to secure the long-term financial sustainability of Strode College

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Billy Camden
Budget 2024

Budget 2024: Extra £300m for FE

Shorter and foundation apprenticeships to also get £40m next year

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Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Starts fell for most apprenticeships after ‘exceptional’ funding review

Care worker apprenticeships dived the most

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Billy Camden
SEND

Suicide risk over SEND confusion, coroner warns

'I am concerned this creates or increases the risk of avoidable suicidality developing'

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Chaminda Jayanetti
Budget 2024, Colleges

EPI outlines ‘clear picture’ that college finances are worse than unis

Think tank urges Labour not to forget FE amid HE financial crisis talks

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education, Colleges

FE Commissioner’s verdict on 2 struggling colleges and a council

Intervention reports shed more light on NewVIc conflict, reveal how a college nearly ran out of cash and that...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills England

DfE launches Skills England CEO job advert

£130k role will be below director general level and post-holder expected to come from inside government or business

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship starts grew in the month Labour took power

AELP says August and September stats more likely to show extent of perceived ‘slowdown’ as full-year 2023/24 starts flatline

Billy Camden
Billy Camden