Prison education

England’s three young offender institutions fail 15-hour education requirement

MPs have say the lack of access to education in youth custody is 'deplorable'

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Josh Mellor
Colleges

South Devon job cuts turned college finances to ‘small surplus’

The college's reserves have been 'depleted' to pay for capital costs due to low income in recent years

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Josh Mellor
News

DWP promises careers service merger plan ‘by April’

The DWP has responded to calls for clarity over a merger of careers advice with jobcentres

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Josh Mellor
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