Apprenticeships

DfE ditches draft apprenticeship funding rules

Expert fears 'vital contributions' from front line staff will be missed

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

DfE shaves £500m off T Levels spending

Huge cost adjustment caused by low student numbers, DfE claims

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills reform

AGQs could be ‘timed out’ before curriculum review ends 

Campaigners sound alarm over DfE plans to drag diplomas into defunding controversy

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Curriculum and assessment review, Politics, Skills reform

Interim curriculum review: GCSE resit rules need ‘greater nuance’

Initial report also backs T Levels as 'gold standard' but says other vocational options are needed

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, Ofsted

Cornwall College marks turnaround with ‘historic’ Ofsted result

Group celebrates 'extraordinary' 10-year journey with the highest praise from inspectors

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills England, Skills reform

‘Let’s get off on the right foot with Skills England’, ex-IfATE boss pleads

Rob Nitsch talks about the 'adversarial launch' of the quango and how it contributed to its downfall

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Colleges

Colleges want to bring apprentice assessment in-house to ease delays

AoC claims large numbers are waiting 3 months or longer - but EPAO representative questions figures

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Politics, Skills reform

Employers losing patience on apprenticeship levy reform

Comes as minister warns of fiscal restraints forcing ‘tough decisions’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

‘Constrained resources’ mean ‘tough decisions’ in levy reform – minister

Jacqui Smith also says cuts to adult skills funding were an ‘enormously difficult decision’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden