Colleges

Governance: An inward-looking culture misses risks and opportunities

College governance bears a heavy weight of responsibility and must lift its eyes to opportunities and threats on the...

JL Dutaut
Trudi Stevens
Colleges, Long read

Focus feature: Are college-led academy trusts the answer to the big education divide?

From classroom-to-career; the record of colleges sponsoring multi-academy trusts is a mixed one. Jessica Hill investigates if there is...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges

£500m for schools and colleges to make buildings more energy efficient

Allocations range from £1.8m to £10k and colleges can decide to spend it on 'other capital projects'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Colleges, Politics

Labour should bring colleges under local control, Gordon Brown suggests

Former PM proposes radical shake-up of government in new report for the party

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges, Ofsted

Ofsted gives first ‘limited’ rating to college for meeting skills contribution

Strode College is among the first in the country to be inspected with the new enhanced framework

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges

College reclassification: Major changes you need to know about

Restrictions on senior pay and borrowing announced, plus bad news on VAT

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges

Colleges return to public sector, ONS announces

The decision ends a decade of colleges' private sector status and could come with a host of new controls...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Ofsted

Sixth form and FE college quality hits new high

100 per cent of sixth form colleges have 'outstanding' or 'good' ratings

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges

Step aside Eton: New trust joins ‘elite’ sixth form race

Bradford-based trust eyes STEM sixth form for girls

Jason Noble
Jason Noble