Billy Camden | FE Week

NHS trust apologises as it exits the apprenticeship market

An NHS trust has left the apprenticeship provider market following a highly critical Ofsted report. Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV) was branded ‘inadequate’ in its first full inspection report published this week. Inspectors found a litany of problems at the provider, which was training almost 200 apprentices, including poor subcontracting oversight, […]

Why Ofsted’s new inspection framework may see ‘outstanding’ providers marked down

Some ‘outstanding’ colleges which have improved since their last inspection may still be downgraded because the bar has been raised under the latest Ofsted inspection framework. That’s according to Chris Russell, the watchdog’s national director of education, who has said if a previously grade one college receives a ‘good’ grade, it “doesn’t mean that the […]

SEND college censured for safety concerns and ‘inappropriate’ teaching

A residential college for vulnerable young adults has been reprimanded by Ofsted for not protecting learners and staff from “harm” and teaching “not age appropriate” activities, such as The Three Little Pigs. Cambian Dilston College dropped from ‘good’ to ‘inadequate’ in a report published this week by the watchdog. The college is situated on a […]

New FE Commissioner: ‘I want to change perception from one of fear to one of support’

But ‘some leaders do some really silly things, so there will always be consequences’, Shelagh Legrave warns

Labour warns BTECs cull could hit healthcare and retail hardest

‘We want to ensure every young person can gain a level 3 qualification whether through A-levels, T Levels, BTECs or other qualifications’

Richard Branson’s Virgin Care training arm takes off with top Ofsted marks

Inspectors lauded apprentices for ‘outstanding resilience’ during the pandemic

Revealed: 39 post-16 providers to share £83m to accommodate demographic boom

An additional 260,000 16- to 19-year-olds are anticipated to be in education in the coming years

There is no T Level recruitment target, DfE maintains

It comes despite the spending review making funding available for ‘up to 100,000 students’ by 2024

AELP conference round-up: Top officials talk traineeships, achievement rates and T Levels

Providers, regulators and government representatives headed to Manchester this week for the Association of Employment and Learning Providers’ (AELP) autumn conference – the organisation’s first in-person event since the Covid-19 pandemic. FE Week has rounded up the key take-aways… ESFA’s Evans concedes traineeship target will not be met The government will “not quite” achieve its […]