While the headlines this year have gone to pathways and funding, the deepest apprenticeship reform is happening in a corner of the system most commentary...
Ten academic years ago, I wrote for FE News about challenging stereotypes, inspired by the late MP Jo Cox. As another academic year begins, I...
Almost a million young people in the UK are not in education, employment, or training (NEET). That’s a grim milestone that’s only marginally dropped in the latest quarter according to the ONS....
“Employers are far more likely to engage when they believe the organisation contacting them understands the commercial environment in which they operate.” We cannot solve...
The financial pressures facing UK higher education have reached a point where we need to ask a more fundamental question: is the problem simply that universities...
Higher and degree apprenticeships should be one of the most powerful drivers of social mobility. They offer the chance to earn while learning, gain real...
The hiring and recruitment space is experiencing more change than ever before. Just under a million 16 to 24-year-olds in the UK are now out...
Last week brought a welcome signal that the government is ready to rethink GCSE maths resits. Education Secretary Lucy Powell acknowledged that failing to get...
In a few short weeks, tens of thousands of young people fresh from receiving their A-level and BTEC results will head off to university to...
As August draws to a close, Further Education settles into a particular rhythm. INSET days land in the final week of the month, enrolment week...
Conditions of grant and published allocations for the 2019 to 2020 financial year. Documents Free school meals supplementary grant: conditions of grant 2019 to 2020…
How much funding schools receive, and advice on how to spend it. Contents Allocations for the 2019 to 2020 financial year Payments How to use…
Conditions of grant and published allocations for the 2019 to 2020 financial year Documents Year 7 literacy and numeracy catch-up premium: conditions of grant 2019…
Recommendations on future reforms to the current NLE programme. Documents National Leaders of Education (NLE) advisory group recommendations on NLE reform Ref: DfE-00050-2020PDF, 529KB, 11…
System leaders: who they are and what they do. Contents Overview How to find a system leader or teaching school Teaching schools National leaders of…
For experienced teachers, school leaders and chairs of governors who want to share their expertise with others – find out more about teaching school hubs…
Information for schools, colleges, local authorities and independent learning providers about 16 to 19 funding arrangements Contents Latest news and updates How funding will work…
Summaries of the FE Commissioner’s intervention reports on FE colleges and the Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills’ responses. Contents Reports and ministerial responses Closed interventions…
FE Commissioner’s intervention report summary on St Mary’s College, and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School System’s letter to the chair. Documents FE…
FE Commissioner’s intervention report summary for North Lincolnshire Council, and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School System’s letter to the leader of the…
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