Marine specialist takes aim at Ofsted after grade 4 report ‘The Ofsted report will mean that the Thames Marine Academy will no longer be able to offer these much needed apprenticeships to the marine industry’
College pauses ‘stop and search’ security checks after student protests ‘We want to sit down calmly with students to get to the bottom of what it is that we have done so far that’s made them feel that way’
Eton: ‘Elite’ sixth form plans impossible without our £1m top-up Prestigious private school declares current funding levels are inadequate for its lofty ambitions
College students stage mass walk out over ‘stop and search’ knife crime security checks Students who spoke to FE Week said they feel “violated” by the security measures
Inspectors find ‘enormous and enduring’ failures in prison education Education and prisons inspectors joined forces to criticise the quality of reading education for prisoners and the found most in need are overlooked.
Activate Learning and Lincoln College Group drop merger plans ‘I think what we felt with where we are at the moment, given those [previous] mergers, our group services are probably at their maximum capacity’
Employer groups call on Sunak to reform levy funds in his spring statement Many levy-paying businesses have found it challenging to use for their training needs
Conflicting principal views on Eton’s elite sixth form plans The colleges will be designed to give disadvantaged young people who “have done well in their GCSEs the opportunity to achieve the A-levels they need to go to Oxbridge and other elite universities”
New apprenticeship provider jumps from ‘insufficient’ to Ofsted ‘outstanding’ “Going from the verge of the business going bust to an ‘outstanding’ is an incredible feat”