Colleges

KCSIE 2026: Everything colleges need to know

Proposed guidance strengthens expectations around serious violence

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Colleges

DfE urges ‘very careful approach’ to social transition in colleges

Draft guidance needs to 'go further' to recognise needs of college-age students, says AoC

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
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
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
Colleges

BCoT principal Anthony Bravo suddenly retires

The Basingstoke boss has led the college for 16 years

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

£1.5m emergency funding as Newbury considers merger

Cashflow pressure has been eased while the FE Commissioner reviews the college's long-term future

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, Long read

Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail

More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges

We’re back in the black after £5m overclaim, says WCG

The government demanded millions back after auditing historic funding claims

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

‘Regular accounting’ plan settles college year-end row

College's avoid 'undue burden' of moving their financial year start time

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor