by SCTP | Sep 13, 2025 | News
While education secretary Bridget Phillipson kept her role and skills minister Jacqui Smith was given a new department to co-work in, it was all change elsewhere in the ministerial ranks. Click here for more from FE Week.
by SCTP | Sep 12, 2025 | News
Transcript of a speech delivered by Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson at an event to launch the Children’s Commissioner’s Children’s Plan in London.
by SCTP | Sep 12, 2025 | News
The DfE is looking for teachers, leaders and managers in FE to take part in testing their new survey designed to capture experiences of the FE workforce. They are particularly interested in hearing from staff working in general FE colleges, sixth form colleges and...
by SCTP | Sep 12, 2025 | News
The DfE has confirmed that the Mentoring Network Grant continues and applications remain open. This grant supports individual FE providers to strengthen and embed their own mentoring provision, while also encouraging collaboration across the sector to share and...
by SCTP | Sep 12, 2025 | News
The DfE has confirmed that applications remain open for Cohort 6 of the Teacher Mentoring Programme (TMP) in the FE sector. TMP equips individual FE staff with mentoring skills to better support early career teachers. To help providers train and support mentors, an...
by SCTP | Sep 12, 2025 | News
The DfE is continuing to expand the free courses for jobs (FCFJ) offer to support providers to deliver more construction training. Click here for more.
by SCTP | Sep 12, 2025 | News
On 23 March 2025, the Chancellor announced £600 million worth of investment to train up to 60,000 more skilled construction workers. £165 million of new funding will be available to help institutions deliver more construction courses for all learners, with up to £35...
by SCTP | Sep 12, 2025 | News
From academic year 2025 to 2026, the DfE has changed how you access funding for the Care to Learn scheme and the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund, defined vulnerable groups element and they have explained this in the funding rules for each scheme. You must now submit a funding...
by SCTP | Sep 12, 2025 | News
Latest information from the DfE including: 1. Care to Learn and 16 to 19 Bursary Fund digital form; 2. Further Education Governor Recruitment Service is open for applications; 3. 16 to 19 high value course premium for construction for academic year 2026 to 2027; 4....
by SCTP | Sep 12, 2025 | News
This Treasury new story states that ‘small businesses could find it easier to expand and employ more people, thanks to government commitment to make business rates fairer’.
