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[UPDATE: A day after this article was published the ESFA said the outcomes will now be communicated on Monday 28 June.] The outcomes of the national adult education budget tender have been delayed, the Education and Skills Funding Agency has announced. In a message to bidders this afternoon, the agency said the results of […]
News
The Ofsted chief inspector appears to have changed her view on using education to direct learners into work, after years of attacking arts courses for their minimal job prospects. Speaking at the Festival of Education today, Amanda Spielman said inspections should not focus on a “utilitarian” view of education. “We do children a great disservice […]
News, Ofsted
WorldSkills UK has announced its first ever professional development event, with technical masterclasses, as part of a sector-wide ‘Month of Learning’ in November. Run in partnership with the Education and Training Foundation, the virtual ‘Developing Excellence in Teaching and Training’ will feature interactive workshops and focus on four key strands. These are equity, diversity and […]
Ofsted inspectors will “always” report where a school fails to comply with the Baker clause and “consider” how it affects their grade, the watchdog has clarified following mounting pressure. Yesterday, the Commons Education Select Committee recommended schools be limited to ‘requires improvement’ if they are not allowing training providers to access their pupils, as mandated […]
College leadership failings continue to prove costly, and the education secretary is now seeking greater powers to take more direct action through the Skills Bill. But could one solution be to limit the time bosses are at the helm? FE Week takes a look… Most experts in the sector say the old days of a […]
Feature, News
MPs have called on Ofsted to cut schools off from the top two inspection grades if they fail to comply with the Baker Clause. In a report out today, the education select committee recommends a school be limited to a grade three under such circumstances. This comes days after Ofsted bosses caused confusion about whether […]
We need a revolution to close the potentially disastrous skills gap, writes Kirstie Donnelly Skills gaps are nothing new. But, since March 2020, the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic and a series of subsequent lockdowns simultaneously unlocked a wave of seismic change in the UK labour market, significantly changing the sorts of skills sought by […]
Opinion
Applications for a £9.5 million government pilot to bolster teacher training in the further education sector have opened today. The Department for Education has announced a four-week bidding window for the FE Professional Development Grants pilots, which will run in 2021/22. They will focus on strengthening staff’s skills and confidence in using technology to deliver […]
The architect of the Baker clause is attempting to use the Skills Bill to strengthen the law, which could lead to schools facing court action. Former education secretary Kenneth Baker hopes to repeat a move he pulled in 2017, when he got the government to accept the clause as an amendment to the Technical and […]
