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Shrewsbury College celebrates ‘outstanding’ Ofsted result

Landmark inspection outcome achieved just 5 years after the sixth form group controversially received the lowest possible grade

News, Colleges, Ofsted

Shrewsbury College bounces back from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’

Principal praises ‘fantastic’ staff after rapid turnaround

News, Ofsted

‘Significant strides’ made towards addressing safety concerns at Shrewsbury college, says FE Commissioner

A college has been praised by the FE Commissioner for making “significant strides” towards ensuring its campuses safe, after Ofsted accused it of safeguarding failures that led to a grade four. Such improvements at Shrewsbury Colleges Group include employing additional security personnel as well as enforcing the wearing of lanyards by all students and staff. […]

News

Ofsted publishes contested Shrewsbury College grade 4

Ofsted this morning published their contested grade four report into Shrewsbury Colleges Group, expressing concerns that “not all students feel safe”. The college will be “appealing against the safeguarding grade” and appear to be accusing the Ofsted national team of “overruling” their regional colleagues. See their full statement below. Shortly before 9am the report was […]

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Shrewsbury college loses grade 4 battle with Ofsted

A college accused of serious safeguarding failures has failed to overturn an ‘inadequate’ judgment following a second visit from Ofsted inspectors. FE Week understands that Shrewsbury Colleges Group will have a grade four report published imminently after its complaint to the education watchdog was not upheld. Leaders at the college, which teaches more than 9,000 […]

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College complaint forces Ofsted to reopen grade 4 inspection

Ofsted inspectors will return to a college after the principal questioned the accuracy of serious safeguarding failure claims that led to a provisional ‘inadequate’ rating. Shrewsbury Colleges Group, which teaches more than 9,000 students mostly aged 16 to 18, insisted the judgement from an inspection in November was “wrong”. Its principal, James Staniforth, told FE […]

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‘I’ve never experienced anything like this’: Shrewsbury College in grade 4 battle

A college is battling Ofsted to prevent the publication of a grade four report after inspectors claimed to have found serious safeguarding failures. Shrewsbury Colleges Group, which teaches more than 9,000 students mostly aged 16 to 18, is set to receive an ‘inadequate’ rating following an inspection in November. But the college has insisted the […]

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College students win big in jazz-themed textile-making competition

Current and former fashion and textiles students from Shrewsbury College have come together for an annual textile design competition, winning a whole host of accolades. The Shrewsbury Drapers textile competition has been running since 1995 and this year, it asked residents of Shropshire to design a piece of textile work that reflected the theme of […]

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Movers and Shakers: Edition 205

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving Clare Marchant has been named the new chief executive of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, which operates the application process for all British universities and offering advice to college staff on how to help college leavers complete the application process. Ms Marchant will take up […]

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