DfE, Early years

Early years qualification rules relaxed amid recruitment crisis

Managers will be able to count staff with level 2 qualifications as level 3 in staff-to-child ratios

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

FE colleges should let their teachers work from home

Allowing staff to work remotely gives FE colleges an advantage over schools in the battle to recruit and retain...

Jessica Hill
Tim Leunig
The Uncivil Servant

No teaching experience? You’ll fit right in at the DfE

The dangers posed by generalist civil servants who have never stepped inside an FE college

Jessica Hill
Andrew Otty
Careers, Employment

MPs to examine job centres’ new skills and careers role 

The government hopes integrating careers advice into job centres will boost employment

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Devolution, DfE

Boris’s rushed retraining scheme created huge underspend 

Most of the money has been quietly returned to the Treasury

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Employment, Training Providers

SWAPs scheme for jobless achieves 40% success rate

The data offers a statistical view of the scheme's impact for the first time

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
AEB, Devolution

Mayors better at spending adult skills cash

Devolved AEB underspend figures revealed for first time

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
AEB, ITPs

Administrators called in after DfE and MCAs end provider’s contracts

The company earned millions providing publicly funded courses for adults seeking work before being judged 'inadequate' by Ofsted

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Skills bootcamps

Bootcamps: Providers ‘pushed’ to prioritise job-ready learners

Demanding targets failed to take into account learners who were further from the job market

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor