Colleges, FE workforce

DfE to fund maternity pay improvements in colleges

Funding to match a pledge to double school staff maternity pay to come in 2027

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, Colleges

Welsh college pulls plug on England apprenticeships

Leaders want to 'concentrate expertise' in Wales following latest Ofsted criticism

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Draft guidance needs to 'go further' to recognise needs of college-age students, says AoC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

We can do so much more to help students break invisible ceilings

Qualifications and employer visits aren’t enough - we need to build students’ belief that potential next steps are for...

Jessica Hill
Ellisha Soanes
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