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New Ofsted director tells of priorities

Lorna Fitzjohn has taken over as Ofsted’s new director of FE and skills. She was previously deputy director for FE and ran operations in the Midlands for the watchdog. Here, FE Week reporter Freddie Whittaker asks Matthew Coffey’s successor a few questions as she begins in her new role. Q: What are your priorities for […]

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Former deputy Lorna Fitzjohn to replace Coffey in Ofsted FE lead role

Ofsted’s former deputy director of further education and skills has been given the director’s role after Matthew Coffey was promoted, the watchdog has announced. Lorna Fitzjohn previously served as deputy director for FE and was more recently director for the West Midlands, a job she will continue with alongside her new role. She has also […]

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Colleges and schools to get ‘robust comparisons’ regime

Further education leaders have welcomed Ofsted plans that would allow parents and learners to compare the post-16 performance of school sixth forms with that of colleges. A separate inspection grade for school sixth forms could be introduced under much-anticipated proposals put out to consultation by the education watchdog. An Ofsted spokesperson had told FE Week […]

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GCSEs need ‘flexibility and functionality

Ofsted’s careers guidance boss has called for “flexibility and functionality” in English and maths GCSEs. Karen Adriaanse, the education watchdog’s national lead for careers guidance, told MPs on the House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee how she thought the government could improve adult literacy and numeracy. “One of the things that government […]

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Learners could compare colleges and schools under Ofsted proposals

Ofsted has today launched a consultation on much-anticipated proposals that would allow learners to compare the post-16 performance of general FE colleges with schools. The education watchdog is looking at introducing separate judgements for sixth forms in its school inspection reports. As reported in FE Week last year, the extra grade would reverse a decision […]

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Inadequate appeal rejected by Ofsted

A large London college has had its appeal against an Ofsted inadequate grading thrown out. LeSoCo, formed through a merger of Lewisham and Southwark colleges in 2012, was warned by inspectors in January about English and maths provision. However, issuing an appeal, principal Maxine Room argued the criticism had overshadowed the rest of the college’s […]

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Two years after pilot success, at last it’s official — Exeter College is outstanding

Exeter College need no longer bite its lip after watching Walsall College take credit for the first ‘outstanding’ Ofsted result under a tough new inspection regime nearly a year after it had already achieved the feat. The Devon college today won outstanding status having earned the top grade in early 2012 after a pilot no-notice inspection […]

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Tech group urges minister for online content quota

All publicly-funded FE and skills courses should have a minimum of 10 per cent online content by 2015/16, a government technology task force has recommended. The Further Education Technology Action Group (Feltag) report, unveiled in draft at the Education Innovation Conference in Manchester, also said there should be incentives to move the online course content […]

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Provider told ‘stop running our quals’ by NCFE

A Warwickshire-based provider has been ordered to stop running qualifications from a leading awarding organisation after it investigated allegations of malpractice. NCFE has notified us of the outcome of its investigation. This is a matter for NCFE and Bright.” Bright Assessing, which has boasted a pass rate of between 95 and 100 per cent, has […]

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