The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education is stripping back its workforce after being ordered to find savings by the Department for Education.
Staff costs at the quango ballooned from £14.4 million in 2020-21 to £21.5 million in 2022-23 as additional responsibilities were handed to the institute through the skills and post-16 education act.
Over that period the institute’s hiring spree led to its average full-time equivalent staff figure growing from 200 to 298.
But FE Week understands IfATE is now looking to downsize with a voluntary exit scheme opened to all staff.
