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Ofsted to end lesson gradings in FE pilot

Ofsted is to ditch graded lesson observations in an FE and skills in a pilot following a University College Union (UCU) report that raised “serious questions about the fitness for purpose” of the practice. The education watchdog will, from September, be trying out inspections in the sector with no grading of teaching in individual sessions. […]

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College bouncing back from inspection shock

A formerly outstanding college that in just four years plummeted to inadequate across the board has started moving in the right direction with an improved Ofsted rating. The 17,000-learner City of Liverpool College was hit with grade four (inadequate) ratings across each headline field in a shock Ofsted result in February last year. Among the […]

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It’s Brazil to lift the World Cup say FE and skills leaders in FE Week fundraiser

Brazilian magic will see the host nation lift the World Cup in just over a month’s time — that’s the overwhelming view of the FE and skills sector. Yes, Brazil, whose first game tomorrow night against Croatia will get the tournament under way, are the sector favourites to win the 2014 World Cup in Rio […]

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Colleges and schools to put performance measures on website home pages

Colleges and schools will have to show key performance data on their website home pages under Department for Education (DfE) proposals that went out to consultation today. The at-a-glance post-16 measures will include students’ progress in academic subjects or Tech Levels as well as students’ average grades in each category. Colleges and school sixth forms would […]

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Ofsted calls time on privatised inspection regime for FE and schools

Ofsted inspections of FE and skills providers and schools will no longer be carried out by private contractors from September 2015. The education watchdog said it would not be renewing contracts with inspection service providers (ISPs), which are set to expire in August next year. The current contracts, with CfBT, Serco and Tribal, have run […]

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Bright Assessing loses third and final appeal stage after ‘malpractice’ was found

Awarding organisation NCFE (formerly the Northern Council for Further Education) has detailed evidence of alleged malpractice at Bright Assessing uncovered through an investigation that has resulted in 225 former learners losing their qualifications. NCFE stopped certificating Bright courses in February following its four-month investigation into alleged malpractice. A summary of the findings has finally been […]

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Commissioner claims first scalp

The FE Commissioner has claimed his first scalp with LeSoCo principal Maxine Room standing down at the end of the year. Ms Room’s resignation from the 17,000-learner college in South East London comes after leadership and governance at the college was criticised by commissioner Dr David Collins. Dr Collins was sent into the college in […]

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Jill Whittaker, managing director, HIT Training

The hospitality industry doesn’t seem like the most likely place to find a qualified chartered accountant who has sailed around the world and partied with Duran Duran, but it’s a sector which has always been close to Jill Whittaker’s heart. The managing director and co-founder of Sussex-based HIT Training first joined HCTP in 1998, but […]

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Just seven learners at college used FE ‘TripAdvisor’

Ofsted has defended its TripAdvisor-style website where learners review providers after it emerged that just seven learners at a college inspected in March had logged on to share their views since the start of the academic year. The education watchdog launched Learner View, which allows learners to rate their provider, in September 2012 — and […]

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