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A private training provider has received a grade four in its first ever Ofsted report this week, as three other providers stayed grade at three – two for the third time. Elsewhere, there was better news for a local authority provider which saw its grade go up from ‘requires improvement’ to ‘good’. Training 4 U […]
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A cash-strapped college whose highly-paid leader was the first in a spate of principals to step down has been rated ‘requires improvement’ for the third time in a row by Ofsted. Birmingham Metropolitan College received a grade three overall and in five headlines fields in a report published this morning. However, the inspection was carried […]
Petroc has been crowned the best college in the country in FE Week’s exclusive league table for 2018. This year’s NICDEX gave 186 colleges a score of up to 40, with 10 marks available in four categories: learner satisfaction, employer satisfaction, 16-to-18 positive progression and adults into employment. The league table was first devised in […]
Overall progress towards the public sector apprenticeship target stands at 1.4 per cent so far, according to statistics published by the Department for Education this morning. The target, which came into effect last April, obliges public sector organisations to make sure that new apprentices make up at least 2.3 per cent of their overall workforce […]
The controversial GCSE English and maths resits policy would be scrapped under a Labour government, Angela Rayner is expected to announce. The shadow education secretary will tell the Association of Colleges conference this afternoon that her party’s National Education Service would “reform” FE. As part of a “series” of changes, she’ll tell delegates that Labour […]
High street giant Boots has been hit with a third ‘requires improvement’ rating in a row by Ofsted. Inspectors who visited the employer provider in early October to monitor its apprenticeship provision criticised it for not learning lessons quickly enough from previous poor inspections in June 2015 and then again in June 2017. However, the […]
Over 200 of the UK’s most highly skilled apprentices and tradespeople were celebrated at the closing ceremony of WorldSkills UK Live this evening at Birmingham’s NEC. City of Glasgow College found themselves at the top of the provider league table for a third consecutive year with 17 medals. They were followed by New College Lanarkshire, […]
A scandal involving one of the country’s biggest apprenticeship providers has engrossed the sector ever since the turn of this academic year – but details on exactly what caused it have been few and far between. FE Week can now reveal just why Aspire Achieve Advance, better known as 3aaa, which had around 4,500 learners […]
Only a tiny proportion of large employers’ apprenticeship cash was passed on to smaller employers in the first three months of the transfer scheme, the skills minister has revealed. Since May this year levy-paying employers have been able to transfer up to 10 per cent of their funds to smaller employers in their supply chains. […]
