Further education: post-16 area reviews

In July 2015, the then Skills Minister, Nick Boles, announced plans for 'a restructuring of the post-16 education and training sector, through a series of area based reviews of provision'. The 37 post-16 area reviews were carried out over a two year period beginning in September 2015. The reviews were intended to enable a transition towards fewer, larger, more resilient and efficient providers, which are more specialised and collaborate more effectively. They focused on further education (FE) colleges and sixth form colleges, but the Government stated that the quality and availability of all p ... Show more

Authors: Foster, David

Published: London, England, House of Commons Library, 2018

Resource type: Government report or paper

Physical description: 14 p.

Access item: https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7357

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