Ofsted

Spielman bags two more years as Ofsted chief inspector

Amanda Spielman has been given two extra years in the role of Ofsted chief inspector, the Department for Education...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

City & Guilds fined £50K over ‘unfit’ qualifications

Education giant City and Guilds is facing a £50,000 penalty from Ofqual after it was found an assignment for...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Boost to employer cash incentives for T Level industry placements

The government has temporarily upped the cash incentives for employers running T Level industry placements to £1,000. It comes...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Prison education: 5 things we learned from today’s education committee hearing

The Commons’ education select committee heard from expert witnesses and two sector leaders today as part of its ongoing...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

College suspends principal just two months before merger

A college being forced into a merger after an audit revealed a £5.35 million over-claim has now suspended its...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

For sale! Land of insolvent college goes on the market for £580K

England’s first college to be put through the government’s insolvency regime is selling off a huge parcel of land,...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Movers and Shakers

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 354

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Melanie Guymer, Curriculum consultant, FE Associates Start date: April 2021...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

National college closes without ever having opened

One of the government’s once-vaunted national colleges is being wound up – without ever opening, FE Week can reveal....

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Ofsted

Provider challenges Ofsted for ‘factually incorrect’ report

A care worker apprenticeship provider is challenging a damaging Ofsted report and accused inspectors of lacking the knowledge to...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon