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Elmfield probe ‘ongoing’ despite pre-pack sale

An investigation into Elmfield Training will continue despite part of the company having been sold to a nursing homes training provider, FE Week can reveal. Elmfield, which was slapped with a notice of concern in June following a grade four Ofsted inspection result, contacted staff more than two weeks ago to say it was taking […]

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Elmfield Training purchased in pre-pack after going into administration

The majority of Elmfield Training’s business and assets has been sold to EQL Solutions Limited, which is one hundred per cent owned by CareTech Holdings plc. The sale, which excludes the Morrisons contract, came shortly after Deloitte, the business advisory firm, were appointed Joint Administrators of Elmfield. FE Week understands the acquisition has been completed […]

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Functional skills can deliver what employers need

Parity should be maintained between how GCSEs and functional skills are valued by the government, says Stella Turner With the increasing focus on English and maths, the Association of Employment and Learning Providers’ (AELP) members are concerned the positioning of functional skills for English and maths in relation to GCSE should be very clear and […]

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Ofqual announces detail of new maths and English GCSEs

Ofqual has published full details of the new maths and English GCSEs which will be introduced from 2015. In a report published today, the qualifications watchdog confirmed there will be a new grading scale that uses the numbers 1 to 9 to identify levels of performance, with 9 being the top level. Maths, English language […]

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More employers wanted as college governors say AoC

The Association of Colleges’ Governors’ Council wants more employers at board level, but rejected bringing back diversity quotas. It has published the results of a review, called Creating Excellence in College Governance, which looked at how the performance of college governors could be improved. The review was carried out by education and management adviser Dr […]

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Elmfield staff ‘still in dark’ on future as administration looms

Hundreds of Elmfield Training staff could still be in the dark about their futures more than a week after it announced that directors had “taken steps to protect the company through an administration process”. As FE Week went to press there had been no further public statement from the firm, thought to have more than […]

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Apprenticeships make up just half a per cent of FE loan applications

Figures released this morning show just 239 loans for apprenticeships have been applied for  since the scheme began — 162 in September. The figures are dramatically below government forecasts, in which around 25,000 applications for apprenticeship loans were expected this academic year (by July 31, 2014). Provisional figures for the last academic year (ending July 31, 2013), before 24+ advanced learning […]

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Government publishes its ‘radical and far-reaching’ apprenticeship plan

The government has this morning confirmed in a newly-published implementation plan that it would put apprenticeship design in England in the hands of employers. And the skills minister, Matthew Hancock, went further, saying: “It will also provide a blueprint for wider reform in vocational education.” The plan comes at a difficult time for the programme with a major […]

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Elmfield to ‘take steps to put the company into administration’

Elmfield Training has confirmed that its “directors have taken steps to protect the company through an administration process”. In a press statement sent to FE Week, Elmfield said: “The board and its advisers have been working hard with major stakeholders in recent weeks to try and put the business on a sounder long term footing. […]

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