News

Exclusive: Providers finally successful in apprentice register applications

Hundreds of providers including a college from the nation’s second largest city, which largely missed out last time, have...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Devastating impact of non-levy allocations ‘horror show’

The allocations horror show has claimed its first victim, as a subcontractor with 18 years’ experience has announced it...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

RoATP provider now selling for tens of thousands

A company with no apparent track record or trading history is being put up for sale because it managed...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

ESFA pause will destroy good specialist providers

It was announced during the Easter break that the government’s decision over funding allocations for apprenticeship provision for non-levy-paying...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

What secret grade did you get?

This week we expose the ESFA’s top secret four-level grading system that gets applied to every one of just...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Government secretly grading all colleges and training providers

UPDATE: It has been brought to our attention that there were inaccuracies in the full PAT list previously published,...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

ESFA was right to pause non-levy ITT process

The government’s decision over funding allocations for apprenticeship provision for non-levy-paying employers has been paused, to allow it more...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
News

Agency boss writes warning letter to all college principals

The outgoing boss of the Education and Skills Funding Agency has fired a warning shot across the bows to...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

£1.6 billion bids for ‘markedly oversubscribed’ non-levy procurement

The total value of bids lodged through the now-paused procurement for apprenticeship provision allocations for non-levy-paying employers was around £1.6...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord