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Grade three providers to get an extra six months on reinspection deadline

Providers given a grade three rating by Ofsted will get an extra six months to improve as the education watchdog brings in a two-year reinspection deadline. The timeframe for reinspection for providers with a grade three (‘requires improvement’) judgement was between a year and 18 months, but from September that will change to between one and two years. […]

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Sixth form colleges facing closer financial scrutiny during ‘challenging’ year

Sixth form college finances will come under a closer watch from the Education Funding Agency (EFA) as “the financial climate gets tougher,” the Sixth Form College Commissioner Peter Mucklow (pictured) has told principals and governors. In a letter to sixth form colleges (pictured below right), Mr Mucklow said a “challenging” year lay ahead for the sector and that  it […]

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Lowestoft College’s ‘on leave’ principal to step down after critical report

Lowestoft College principal Simon Summers (pictured) is to step down — just a fortnight after it was revealed he took a leave of absence with a report having said his grade three college was not improving fast enough. Vice principal for curriculum and standards Phillip Belden and vice principal for corporate services Teresa Miller both also took […]

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Chair at inadequate-rated Stockport College tells board he is stepping down

The chair of governors at Stockport College, which was hit with an inadequate Ofsted rating last year before being placed in administered status by the FE Commissioner, is to step down amid concerns for the future of 150 jobs. Trevor Rees (pictured) told fellow college corporation board members on Thursday (July 10) that he would […]

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UTCS may not be the answer, Labour warned

The Association of Colleges (AoC) has warned Labour-backed proposals for 100 more University Technical Colleges (UTCs) to be established by 2020 “may not be the best response” to skills shortages. The AoC was joined by former government advisor Sam Freedman in questioning whether there was enough evidence to support the plans, outlined by Lord Adonis […]

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SFA in discussions with Ofsted about having a greater focus on large subcontractors

BBC Radio 4 will today broadcast an interview with the Skills Funding Agency during which they confirm they are in discussions with Ofsted about the possibility of having more focus on the large subcontractors. The interview will feature on the BBC’s consumer affairs programme Face the Facts which has carried out an investigation in to […]

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Labour to call for 100 more University Technical Colleges by 2020

The Labour Party is expected to back calls to establish 100 more University Technical Colleges (UTCs) by 2020, despite a string of poor Ofsted gradings for existing UTCs. Labour leader Ed Miliband (pictured above) will accept a series of recommendations from the Adonis Review, ‘Mending the fractured economy: Smarter state, better jobs’.  The review, written […]

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Dropping graded lesson observations is no joke

The Ofsted pilot in which graded lesson observations will be dropped from FE and skills inspections, as revealed by FE Week, is evaluated by Phil Hatton. At first I thought FE Week was doing a late — or an early — April Fool’s Day skit on seeing the headline about Ofsted dropping graded lesson observations, […]

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Ofsted sees ‘insufficient progress’ at inadequate Lesoco and Stockport

Two colleges branded inadequate by Ofsted last year have both emerged badly in the latest of three monitoring visits each from the education watchdog. Lesoco, in South London, and Stockport College have shown weaknesses during previous monitoring inspections and both were again making “insufficient progress” in key areas, said inspectors who visited last month. A […]

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