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Ofsted has been forced to revise a published inspection report after being made aware it was missing both apprenticeship and adult course grades and commentary. Peter Symonds College teaches around 4,200 young people aged 16 to 19 and was rated ‘outstanding’ across the board in a report published by the education watchdog last week. But […]
News
Michelle Donelan has been appointed as the new universities minister – and has not ruled out also taking on the FE and skills brief. The MP for Chippenham has been covering for Kemi Badenoch as children and families parliamentary under secretary of state, with some responsibilities for FE, while she has been on maternity leave. […]
Gavin Williamson is to stay on as education secretary following a post-Brexit ministerial reshuffle. However, it’s not known whether the MP for South Staffordshire will keep the FE and skills brief he has held since his appointment last July. Many calls, including from Conservative MPs, have been made for prime minister Boris Johnson to appoint […]
A consultation on plans to remove funding for more than 5,000 legacy qualifications at level three and below has been launched by the Department for Education. Those at risk are courses that are currently not being studied by any learners or have cohorts of fewer than 100, and are coming to the end of their […]
A Conservative MP has called for the “gap” at the Department of Education for a dedicated apprenticeships and skills minister to be filled ahead of an expected reshuffle this week. Gloucester MP Richard Graham requested prime minister Boris Johnson “resolve” the vacancy “soon” during a Commons debate on the effectiveness of the apprenticeship levy. His […]
As the Manchester mayor’s flagship policy for students enters its second term, JL Dutaut asks if it’s one worth following – and if so, who should drive? It’s boom time for Manchester’s colleges. “We are seeing a significant increase in the number of students entering further education,” says The Manchester College principal and Greater Manchester […]
Jennifer Coupland took over as chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education last November. She reflects on her first National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) in the post. It has been a pleasure to travel across the country during NAW and speak to so many people who deliver and benefit from fantastic apprenticeships. Memorable […]
Opinion
Colleges are providing “good quality” FE despite facing “significant cost pressures” and if the sector is to survive “as is” the Treasury needs to pump more funding into it, according to new Department for Education research. In what appears to be a pre-budget pitch to the chancellor, a new report states that there is “nothing […]
Two sixth form colleges have been declared ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted, with one retaining their top grade after more than a decade without inspection. Meanwhile, a publicly-owned private provider has dropped to a grade three after nine years as a grade one. After its last inspection in 2008, Peter Symonds College yet again achieved a grade […]
