News

ESFA to launch £80m adult education budget tender

The Department for Education is gearing up to launch a new £80 million tender for the national adult education...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Five things we learned from the IfATE’s 2019-20 accounts

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has today published its annual accounts for 2019-20, revealing a substantial pay...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
T Levels

Two big exam board winners in third wave of T Levels

The awarding organisations that will develop, deliver and award the six T Levels being rolled out from 2022 are...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Tripling traineeships: Tender to launch next week as clock ticks on £111m boost

A hotly-anticipated application process to widen the provider-base for 19 to 24 traineeships will finally be launched next week....

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Apprentices stuck in limbo as Covid hits functional skills tests

Thousands of apprentices are “stuck in limbo” as awarding bodies struggle to adapt their functional skills assessments in the...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

Number 10 is driving FE reform too fast and will blame the DfE when the wheels fall off

This week the Department for Education was thrown in to the back seat as the prime minister grabbed the...

Billy Camden
NICK LINFORD
News

Education secretary makes ‘guarantee’ T Levels will be ‘available’ to adults in future

T Levels will be an option for adults of any age to study as part of the government’s new...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

‘Outstanding’ providers set for Ofsted inspections next year – but may face 6-year wait

‘Outstanding’ schools, colleges and training providers are set to be inspected again when Ofsted inspections resume next year –...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

ESFA refuses to rule out funding clawback for ‘under delivery’

Controversial plans to clawback some of this year’s unspent adult education budget grant funding are back on the cards,...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden