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
News

Government to ‘formally intervene’ at 35 providers with achievement rate failures

More than 30 private training providers, colleges and councils have been slapped with a notice of concern or serious breach,...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Cabinet reshuffle, Politics

Profile Nadhim Zahawi, education secretary

Nadhim Zahawi is England’s new education secretary, FE Week profiled Zahawi back in 2016 when he served the then...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford