SEND | FE Week

SEND colleges slam ‘unwieldy’ English and maths resit reforms

Dropouts likely to increase and stress made worse for vulnerable learners, leaders warn

The specialist FE sector should have its own clear ministerial brief

The status quo of specialist further education falling through the cracks of ministerial responsibility has gone on for long enough

Pioneering employer partnerships have helped us plug the SEND budget gap

Paul Cook explains how his specialist college has leveraged private sector funding to help plug the funding gap for his learners

Relax functional skills rules for autistic apprentices, says ex-minister

Many autistic people “struggle” to complete higher level apprenticeships due to maths and English tests, the ex-minister said

Four things to know from Ofsted’s careers review in specialist colleges

Watchdog criticises local authority non-compliance with SEND learner transitions to FE and training

Ofsted to examine how SEND pupils are prepared for adulthood

Inspectors will visit a ‘small number of areas’ to look at a ‘particular aspect of SEND in-depth’

Council spending on post-16 SEND place creation just 1% of total pot

Just over £20 million of £1.55 billion has been spent on post-16 SEND facilities

College leaders must join the fight for an EHCP system that delivers

Fourteen years of fighting for every scrap have left me and my daughter in despair and traumatised by a heartless and wasteful EHCP system

Rachel Bown, FE lecturer of the year

Rachel Bown was crowned the FE lecturer of the year at the 2023 Pearson National Teaching awards for the inspirational PE teaching she does at her small specialist college, Fairfield Farm in Wiltshire. But Bown is inspiring not just for her teaching. After a brain tumour left her blind in one eye and at one […]