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Work experience gap is a driver of inequality we cannot ignore

Government, national and local, employers, schools and colleges need to pull in the same direction, amplifying the importance of high-quality work experience

Opinion, Work experience

Top Ofsted grades soar in final year of overall effectiveness system      

Final stats show 88% of FE and skills providers hold either ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’

News

Skills England launches beta version of skills classification tool

Skills classification tool to be fully rolled out next year

News, Skills reform

Reeves puts the ‘squeeze’ on big employers with budget levy tweaks 

Chancellor warned that trio of reforms ‘risks dampening appetite among levy-paying organisations already dealing with rising hiring, pension and tax costs’

News, Apprenticeships, Budget 2025

‘We’re not diluting apprenticeships’: Skills England deputy hits back at assessment reform backlash

‘It’s not about reducing competency. It’s not about dumbing down – you have my word on that.’

News, Apprenticeships, Awarding

The apprenticeships boost is not the game-changer SMEs need

The Chancellor’s funding pledge for under-25 apprenticeships is welcome, but rising labour costs and missing incentives still leave small firms shouldering too much risk. If government wants real growth, it must give SMEs the tools, not just the headlines, to hire

Opinion, Apprenticeships

Analysis: Multiverse closes in on Lifetime’s apprenticeship lead

New figures show level 7 apprenticeships drove most of this year’s growth as under-19 starts fell to their lowest since the pandemic

News, Apprenticeships, Training Providers

Bett UK 2026: Learning without limits

Education is humanity’s greatest promise and our most urgent mission.

News, Sponsored post, Sponsored post