Training Providers

Springfield Training owner explains sudden closure

CEO pursues damages from ex-employees who ‘unlawfully’ accessed employer data amid assessment backlogs

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics

Education committee replaces suspended MP with ex-education secretary

James Cleverly to replace Patrick Spencer on Parliament’s education select committee

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Green skills, Long read

GSAP: FE’s secret weapon for net zero training

Former fisherman Mike Blakeley tells how he’s building the Green Skills Advisory Panel so FE and industry can make…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
AI

Ofsted reveals how it will inspect providers’ AI use

Inspectors will not check tech use as a ‘standalone’ part of inspections, but will look at its impact on…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Colleges

Finding Governors for Schools… and now FE too

Governors for Schools will now run the FE governor recruitment service for DfE

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

Foundation apprenticeship success could ‘add risk’

This year’s record apprenticeships budget is under pressure

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen


Apprenticeships

Assessment reforms ‘just a correction’, says Bauckham

New apprenticeship assessments solve ‘problems’ with current EPA model

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Ofsted

Oliver: Postponing Ofsted inspections too risky

Chief inspector rejects calls to delay new inspection regime

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
T Levels

PAC: T Levels could remain ‘minority pursuit’ without serious campaign

MPs urges government to detail plan for engagement and alignment with other qualifications

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

Marples trial: Witnesses end with 3aaa ‘fraud’ scrutiny

Competence and motive of investigators challenged

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

£1.5m loan plea triggers intervention for South Devon College

The college’s CEO says his organisation ‘remains on the front foot’

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges, Pay

AoC delays pay recommendation until September

Colleges need summer to work new £160m funding into budgets, David Hughes says

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel

Must read

Colleges, Long read

Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission

Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release

‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal

Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal

Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
T Levels

NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure

Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel