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Ofsted annual report highlights ‘inadequate’ apprenticeships as private provider grades fall for 4th year

Apprenticeships are the “weakest” area of provision in FE providers, with one in ten judged ‘inadequate’ last year, Ofsted...

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‘Shock’ decision to sell college slammed by MP

An MP has hit out at a college group’s decision to close and sell a historic adult education site....

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Billy Camden
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FE Commissioner 2019/20 annual report: 6 things we learned

The FE Commissioner’s 2019/20 annual report has been published this morning – the last before Richard Atkins steps down...

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College adult education budget under delivery revealed

One in five colleges will be allowed to keep close to one-third of their allocated adult education budget despite...

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Revealed: The FE winners honoured in the 2020 Pearson Teaching Awards

A college leader has scooped a prestigious lifetime achievement award at the Pearson Teaching Awards for his transformational work....

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Functional skills ‘portfolio’ solution proposed to lift 30,000 apprentices out of limbo

Talks are under way to replace functional skills exams with “portfolio evidence grading” for apprentices who are unable to...

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Apprenticeships register not reopening until April at the earliest

Applications to the government’s register of apprenticeship training providers will not reopen until at least April 2021. And when...

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Seven things we learned from the ESFA’s latest apprenticeships data release

New-look apprenticeship and traineeship statistics were published by the Education and Skills Funding Agency today and captured final year-end...

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Official figures reveal take up of adult education courses halved during lockdown

The number of enrolments onto adult education courses in the months following lockdown dropped by half compared to the...

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