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The Association of Colleges is looking forward to “a new era for Ofsted” — after Education Secretary Nicky Morgan confirmed the government’s approval of Ofqual chair Amanda Spielman as the next chief inspector. Ms Morgan made the announcement on Friday (June 10), and ministers will now wait on agreement from the Commons education select committee […]
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Concerns have been raised over apprentice assessment organisations (AAOs) for apprenticeship standards — after it emerged that half of those approved so far are not regulated by Ofqual. Only three AAOs have been approved by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA), which first began accepting submissions to the new register of apprenticeship assessment organisations (RoAAO) in […]
Ofqual chair Amanda Spielman has been approved by the government as the next Ofsted chief inspector. A Department for Education (DfE) source confirmed that the government had cleared the 55-year-old’s appointment. Ministers will now wait on agreement from the Commons education select committee for final approval, FE Week understands. A DfE spokesperson said she was […]
The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has published guidance on how it will fund legacy GCSEs in English, English language and maths in 2016/17. Existing GCSEs are now referred to as “legacy” courses by the government and are due to be replaced by supposedly tougher reformed GCSEs, after pupils have sat the last exams this academic year. […]
Colleges are significantly less likely to challenge GCSE and A-level exam grades than schools – and they are more likely to be rejected when they do. The exams regulator Ofqual looked at the number of enquiries about students’ results which were filed by schools and colleges following last summer’s exams. It found that between them, […]
Seevic College has appointed Dan Pearson as its principal after Nick Spenceley announced his retirement in February, following a battle against cancer. Mr Pearson joins the provider in Essex from Redbridge College, where he was deputy principal for three years. He said he was “honoured” to be in a position to “add value” to Seevic […]
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Ofqual has announced Julie Swan as its new executive director for general qualifications. She will take up the position permanently after a spell as the acting executive director when her predecessor, Ian Stockford, left the exams regulator to join AQA in December. Ms Swan (pictured) has worked for Ofqual for seven years and was most […]
Concerns have been raised over delays with government approval of apprentice assessment organisations (AAOs) for Trailblazer apprenticeship standards after just 13 were cleared. The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) first began taking on submissions to their new Register of Apprenticeship Assessment Organisations (RoAAO) in March last year. But FE Week has found that despite 88 apprenticeship […]
The preferred candidate to take over as Ofqual’s chief regulator has been revealed. Education secretary Nicky Morgan confirmed, in a letter published today to education select committee chair Neil Carmichael, that Sally Collier was first choice for the role. Ms Collier, who has spent 20 years’ experience in the civil service, will replace Glenys Stacey […]
