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The AoC chief executive shares his thoughts after the three day conference

After an exhausting few days, Association of Colleges chief executive Martin Doel shared his thoughts with FE Week editor Nick Linford. The pair talked all things conference in a 45-minute webinar, sponsored by Tribal. Here are some of the key moments. Nick Linford: So, we heard from the president of the Association of Colleges, Michele […]

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Number of traineeship starts ‘disappointing’

Uptake on the government’s flagship traineeship scheme is failing to reach expectations, according to senior FE figures. It is too soon for Ofsted to report on the quality of traineeships in any detail… Skills Funding Agency boss Keith Smith (pictured) said colleges would deliver 57 per cent of projected 19 to 23 traineeships, while Ofsted […]

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Liverpool college revisit

A college in North England branded inadequate by Ofsted just four years after it was deemed outstanding is struggling to improve success rates. The education watchdog carried out a monitoring visit to City of Liverpool College last month. Its report on the revisit said the 14,000-learner college was making insufficient progress on advanced-level success rates, […]

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On location at the Skills Show ­­– FE Week team out and about

From Birmingham in 2013 to Brazil in 2015 Around 700 talented young people competed to be crowned the best in the UK at this year’s Skills Show. The event, in its second year, plays host to a series of sector competitions to find the UK’s best young craftsmen and women with the aim of getting […]

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Stockport goes from grade one to four

A 9,000-learner college in Greater Manchester has plummeted from an outstanding Ofsted rating to inadequate. Stockport College achieved the highest possible rating six years ago, but fell to grade four this month following a visit by the education watchdog last month. The college, which has a current Skills Funding Agency allocation of £8.1m, was hit […]

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Gill Alton, principal, Rotherham College of Arts and Technology

Rotherham College of Arts and Technology had never been graded higher than a level three by Ofsted inspectors before Gillian Alton arrived. But the institution achieved its first good inspection result this summer, three years after she was appointed principal. “It’s just fantastic news that it’s now good,” says Doncaster-born Alton. Given that the college […]

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Lack of progress on ‘bullying’

A Peterborough-based provider made “insufficient progress” in protecting the welfare of its learners and preventing bullying and abuse, Ofsted has found. The education watchdog slapped the National Farriery Training Agency (NFTA) with a grade four inspection result in February after finding evidence of “bullying” and “abuse” of farriery apprentices. Inspectors said learners’ on-the-job supervisors, or […]

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Hawk swoops for a grade one

The 14-month wait for an outstanding independent learning provider (ILP) under Ofsted’s current common inspection framework is over. The education watchdog visited Twickenham-based Hawk Training (pictured below) late in September and on November 1 issued it with a glowing, grade one inspection result. It was the first ILP to achieve the feat under Ofsted’s latest […]

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Two big employers hit Ofsted low

Two big name employers have been hit with damning grade four Ofsted inspection results. InterContinental Hotels Group Services Company (IHG) and G4S Care & Justice Services (UK) Ltd and were both branded inadequate across the board by the education watchdog in inspection reports published this month. IHG, which incorporates Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn among […]

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