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‘Paston Sixth Form College’
In the first of a series of features exploring the themes raised by the College of the Future Commission, JL Dutaut looks at regionalisation, a Scottish government policy that transformed further education there, and is very much on the commission chair’s mind. It is five years since Scotland’s policy of rationalising its further education sector […]
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A university technical college stood out this week for the right reasons – it was rated ‘good’ in its first ever inspection. General FE colleges didn’t reach the same heights, with two large college groups dropping to ‘requires improvement’ while another received a second consecutive ‘inadequate’ report. UTC Warrington was given a grade two after […]
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Almost two thirds of sixth form colleges have registered an interest in converting to an academy, FE Week can exclusively reveal. Around 60 of the country’s 93 SFCs have taken this first step, according to James Kewin (pictured), deputy chief executive of the Sixth Form Colleges Association. Registering an interest with the Education and Skills […]
Two sixth form colleges have joined forces in what they claim is the first merger of its kind in 18 years. The formal merger between Prior Pursglove College in North Yorkshire and Stockton Sixth Form College in Stockton-on-Tees went through on May 1. The combined institution is now called Prior Pursglove and Stockton SFC (PPSSFC). […]
Lowestoft Sixth Form College (SFC) has been issued with a financial notice to improve from the Education Funding Agency (EFA). Principal Yolanda Botham was formally told about this before Christmas in a letter from David Jeffrey, territorial director South for the EFA, which was published on the Department for Education website today (February 11). The […]
Five FE and sixth form colleges involved in a pilot review of post-16 provision in Norfolk and Suffolk last year will be revisited in November, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has confirmed. The news of the revisit as part of the region’s planned area review comes as 11 colleges in Norfolk and […]
The leaders of all 11 colleges in the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) area have joined forces to be the “driving force and the engine” behind economic growth. The New Anglia Colleges Group, which was launched this month but has been informally meeting since February 2014, also published a ‘manifesto’ which lays out their collective […]
The government has been accused “making a mockery” of sixth form college (SFC) financial planning after a survey revealed more than a third of SFCs fear they will cease to be a going concern by 2020. Daphne King, principal of East Norfolk SFC (ENSFC), in Gorleston, spoke out in response to the Sixth Form Colleges’ Association […]
Five FE and sixth form colleges facing “significant financial challenges” are “actively considering” collaboration plans, following a pioneering review of post-16 provision in North East Norfolk and North Suffolk. Great Yarmouth College (GYC), Lowestoft College (LC), and Lowestoft Sixth Form College (LSFC) released a joint statement this morning confirming that they are looking at forming […]
