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‘Winstanley College’

Wigan sixth form college upgraded to ‘outstanding’

Ofsted praises ‘one big community’ at Winstanley College

News, Ofsted

NEU rejects £50m pay deal with more college strikes

Union says there will still be a two-tier wage system even with the ‘one-off grant’ announced last week

News, Colleges

NEU announces sixth form college strike dates

Three strike days confirmed following teacher pay snub

News, Colleges, Staff

32 sixth form colleges vote to strike over ‘farcical’ pay situation

But no date for action has been set yet

News, Strikes

Profile: Gerard Garvey, principle of Newcastle Sixth Form College

FE Week meets a sixth form college principal who has known what he wanted to do since year 12 “I remember getting to sixth form and thinking vividly, ‘this is what I want to work in. This is the environment for me.’” It may seem quite incredible that as a 17-year-old, Gerard Garvey, now principal […]

Profiles

Ofsted watch: Grade 3 confirmed for London’s mega-college

One of the largest college group’s in England had its grade three from Ofsted confirmed, in what was otherwise a varied week for further education. The result was for Capital City College Group’s first inspection since being formed from a merger of City and Islington College, Westminster Kingsway College, and The College of Haringey, Enfield […]

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DfE wants Ofsted to inspect more ‘outstanding’ colleges – but won’t drop exemption

The Department for Education has told Ofsted to reinspect more ‘outstanding’ colleges and schools, but stopped short of dropping the controversial exemption. Nick Gibb, the schools minister, has asked the watchdog to review its risk assessment arrangements and ensure it inspects 10 per cent of grade one schools and colleges over the coming year. However, he […]

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Three quarters of colleges rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted

More than three quarters of colleges are now rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ and none are deemed ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted as further education continues its ascent into excellence. FE Week analysis of Ofsted results shows that an impressive 76 per cent of all general FE colleges are now rated in the inspectorate’s top two categories, up […]

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Shock leadership change at London sixth form college

The principal of a London sixth-form college with a history of financial problems has been very suddenly replaced. It is understood that Ken Warman left BSix Brooke House Sixth-Form College yesterday. The grade three Ofsted-rated college would not comment on the reasons for his departure, but announced that his replacement Kevin Watson has been appointed […]

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