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Ofsted launches provider review tool for employers

Employers will be able to anonymously rate, review and compare providers using an online tool launched by Ofsted today…

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FE Week Reporter
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Celebrating 100 editions of FE Week

Click here to download Edition 100 of FE Week Click here to download edition 100 and our special celebratory…

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FE Week Reporter
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Taxman looks to reissue restaurant bill

Click here to read  the article by Rebecca Cooney

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FE Week Reporter
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Taxman looks to reissue restaurant bill

A Hampshire college that went to court in its bid to win a training restaurant tax rebate could be…

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FE Week Reporter
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New Ofsted director tells of priorities

Lorna Fitzjohn has taken over as Ofsted’s new director of FE and skills. She was previously deputy director for…

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FE Week Reporter
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Warning for providers as SFA named in fraudster ‘spear fishing’ campaign

Email fraudsters are targeting FE and skills providers by posing as the Skills Funding Agency. The sector has been…

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FE Week Reporter


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Colleges ‘tackling’ apprentice farrier bullying but ‘need’ modernisation

Ofsted monitoring inspections of three colleges that took over apprenticeship provision following accusations of bullying found safeguarding had improved,…

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FE Week Reporter
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Success on the South Coast

Chichester College has received an outstanding grade from Ofsted. The 14,500-learner college, previously rated as good, achieved the top…

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FE Week Reporter
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Transfer of K College provision under way

The break-up of K College is under way with governors confirming the transfer of provision to East Kent College…

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FE Week Reporter
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Inadequate college leaders stay despite commissioner questions

The principal and governors’ chair at a grade four London college that Ofsted said was failing to improve are…

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FE Week Reporter
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South Devon College claims twin success rates title

South Devon College has claimed the top spot for general FE qualification success rates for 2012/13. The college’s 94.7…

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FE Week Reporter
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Huge survey lifts lid on sector

More than 1,000 FE and skills staff took part and vast majority revealed concerns about levels of institutional funding….

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FE Week Reporter

Must read

Long read, Prison education

The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release

‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal

Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal

Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
T Levels

NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure

Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor