Training Providers

AQA buys Realise Training in latest vocational expansion

Exam body snaps up large apprenticeship and training provider from private equity sellers

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

‘One bad employer’ blamed for provider’s ‘inadequate’ Ofsted result

Inspectors found few apprentices released from work for off-the-job training

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

Unqualified apprentices could pass under assessment reforms, employers warn

Skills England pauses pilot of changes after construction leaders claim 'sampling' plans will lead to a 'race to the...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Size matters when it comes to apprenticeships

By introducing apprenticeship units alongside shorter duration apprenticeships, the government may have stumbled onto a rare thing - a...

Jessica Hill
Rob May
Apprenticeships

Civil service misses own apprenticeships goal

New FOI data also shows government failed to hire enough apprentices from disadvantaged backgrounds

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships can staff from front desk to the front line of digital

Apprenticeships give businesses a cost-effective way to upskill admin workers into digital and social media roles

Jessica Hill
Lexie Cheesewright
Long read, Training Providers

Her PET project

For 30 years Fleur Sexton has led training provider PET-Xi, with its staff of largely neurodiverse leaders and can-do...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships

Let’s ensure that apprenticeship reform doesn’t set us back a decade

A lack of detail about upcoming reforms means skills sector partners are not speaking with one voice

Jessica Hill
Sarah Beale
Apprenticeships

Revealed: DfE’s special payments to providers after funding blunder

Wheels in motion for convoy of claims after unprecedented payouts

Billy Camden
Billy Camden