Ofsted

IoTs quit after spotlight shifts to new TECs

Ministers recently reversed plans to wind down the institutes altogether, it is understood

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Josh Mellor
Colleges

Private ’targeted support’ to replace public college intervention in ‘most cases’

The DfE hopes new intervention teams will improve outcomes for 70,000 students

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Josh Mellor
ESOL

Reform UK mayor’s ESOL cuts not catching on – yet

Greater Lincolnshire's mayor wants to fund literacy and numeracy instead of English language lessons

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Josh Mellor
Colleges

‘£379m’ in college capital cash will return to Treasury via ‘penalising’ VAT rules

Academies were granted VAT exemptions in 2011

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Josh Mellor
Adult education

Adult learning dips after post-pandemic boom

Rates of learning also highlight societies deep inequalities, findings suggest

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Josh Mellor
Ofqual

Ofqual to publicly ‘rebuke’ rule-breaking awarding bodies

The regulator says the new punishment will help it take a more 'agile' approach

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Josh Mellor
skills

Government reveals skills strategy for clean energy sector in first ‘jobs plan’

Demand for skilled workers is forecast to double in the next five years

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Josh Mellor
Careers

New-look Jobcentres to swallow up 1,000 careers advisers

The move is part of an 'overhaul' of the Jobcentre offer

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Josh Mellor
Staff

DfE to tackle ‘contested and outdated theories’ in FE teacher training

Call for evidence launched to 'establish a baseline of appropriate, evidence-based pedagogical content'

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Josh Mellor