DfE records £96m apprenticeship underspend in 2022-23 Just 4% of the total budget was handed back to Treasury
Revealed: Funding band changes from IfATE’s ‘top’ 100 review… so far 59 apprenticeship reviews complete, but other 41 standards yet to be identified
Lifelong loan entitlement changes name and gains royal assent DfE also launches £5m competition to grant fund tuition fees for HTQ modular students in 2023/24 and 2024/25
Missing AEB contract award finally made public Saga adds to concern about the whole procurement process
Capita exits adult education citing ‘market conditions’ Major outsourcing firm also significantly reduces apprenticeship delivery
155,000 young people to ‘fall through the gap’ left by BTECs, report warns ‘Desperate’ ministers also accused of misusing data to overstate performance of T Levels
Ofsted won’t inspect education settings on DfE’s RAAC list Affected providers ‘will not be selected for inspection during the term’ unless Ofsted has ‘concerns’
Q&A: Ofsted’s verdict on T Levels ‘There remain issues we want to see addressed before these are rolled out at scale’