Adult education, Long read Inside the evergreen sanctuary of Fircroft adult residential college Inspired by Denmark’s folk high schools, Birmingham’s Fircroft College still provides a home-from-home for people with addiction and mental… Jessica Hill 5h Jessica Hill 5h Colleges WCG sells contentious campus after High Court win The proceeds will be used to pay off debts from an ongoing government funding audit Josh Mellor 2d Josh Mellor 2d Colleges DfE appoints three new FE national leaders Principals of ‘outstanding’ colleges have been enlisted to help other colleges improve FE Week Reporter 3d FE Week Reporter 3d SEND SEND deficits to be kept off council balance sheets for two more years SEND deficit ‘statutory override’ protecting potentially scores of councils from insolvency extended to 2028 Freddie Whittaker 3d Freddie Whittaker 3d Apprenticeships DfE agrees ‘transitional period’ for new off the job policy Four-month grace period for 39 apprenticeships with revised off-the-job training hours follows sector concerns Anviksha Patel 3d Anviksha Patel 3d Apprenticeships Ofqual publishes ‘flexible’ apprenticeship assessment rules Watchdog sets out how it will do away with end point assessment and monitor training providers marking their own… Shane Chowen 3d Shane Chowen 3d Colleges Sixth form strike looms over pay ‘harmonisation’ The union calls the proposed pay freeze ‘levelling down’ Josh Mellor 3d Josh Mellor 3d LSIPs New ERBs needed following devolution shake-up £6.3 million available for 39 ERBs next year Anviksha Patel 3d Anviksha Patel 3d Colleges Exam picket line over cuts at ‘second chances’ sixth form The sixth form’s new management say cutting A-Levels will improve its ‘inadequate’ achievement rate Josh Mellor 3d Josh Mellor 3d Colleges Exclusive Principal pay surges past £200k for 71 colleges Analysis shows highest paid bosses in the college sector Josh Mellor 3d Josh Mellor 3d Colleges, SEND FE Commissioner: Beware of ‘hero’ principals and ‘dominant’ chairs Natspec’s annual conference also hears that the future of post-19 EHCPs ‘has not been agreed’ ahead of major SEND… Shane Chowen 4d Shane Chowen 4d Adult education ‘Wonderful’: DfE simplifies residency rules for adult learners New residency rules come into effect from August 1 Anviksha Patel 4d Anviksha Patel 4d 1 2 3 4 5 6 813 Older 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 1w Jessica Hill 1w Long read, Prison education Long read 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
