Inclusion

SEND reform will reshape colleges, but workload shock is coming

New individual support plans could finally embed inclusion in mainstream education, but they also shift legal responsibility and risk...

Jessica Hill
Richard Freeth
Inclusion

Colleges face new legal duties through SEND overhaul

Consultation proposes mandates for accountability agreements, staff training and tailored student support plans

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
FE workforce

UCU wins £19k from teacher it represented in court claim

Judge orders ex-teacher to pay her union after multiple failed claims of discrimination

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Changing of the guard at Waltham Forest College

Principal Janet Gardner is standing down after taking the college from intervention to 'outstanding' financial health

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Long read

New FE commissioner Ellen Thinnesen heralds a new dawn for oversight

From revelation in Grimsby to tackling racism head-on in Sunderland, frontline nursing to testy mergers, Ellen Thinnesen’s unorthodox path...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges

National college capacity funding opens alongside new DfE estates strategy

Some areas will see their 16 to 17-year-old population swell by up to 900 people per year

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
The Staffroom - opinion

Mission statements are the holy writ no one reads

In education, mission statements have become articles of faith. But where is the evidence that they improve teaching or...

Jessica Hill
David Murray
Colleges

We can do so much more to help students break invisible ceilings

Qualifications and employer visits aren’t enough - we need to build students’ belief that potential next steps are for...

Jessica Hill
Ellisha Soanes
Colleges

BCoT principal Anthony Bravo suddenly retires

The Basingstoke boss has led the college for 16 years

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor