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Covid delays Ofsted’s T Level research

Yet another delay to Ofsted and T Levels

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Moulton rises from the ashes: College climbs out of ‘inadequate’

The principal has credited the result to her ‘amazing team’ having ‘massively pulled together’

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Ofsted’s 2020/21 annual report: FE and skills hit ‘particularly hard’ by Covid

Ofsted has today published its annual stocktake of education for the 2020/21 academic year, which saw inspection activity mostly put on hold due to Covid-19. But reflecting on the year, the watchdog says the further education and skills sector was hit “particularly hard” by the pandemic. “Many apprentices found themselves furloughed, or out of work […]

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Move into apprenticeships loses university’s ‘outstanding’ ranking

A university has lost its ‘outstanding’ Ofsted grade following a move into the apprenticeships market. Kingston University dropped to ‘good’ in its first visit from the watchdog since 2015. Grade one education providers are being inspected this term for the first time since 2010, after an exemption was removed last year. This week’s report for […]

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Ofsted finds ‘concerning number’ of sexual harassment allegations at apprenticeship provider

Ofsted has begun clamping down on ‘ineffective’ safeguarding measures, including against sexual abuse

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Ofsted now inspects over 2,000 FE providers, and 5 other findings from latest inspection data

The number of further education providers in scope for Ofsted inspection has surpassed the 2,000-mark, new data released today has revealed. And the proportion of providers judged ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ has slightly increased two percentage points to 83 per cent – but this is mainly due to poor performing providers losing their funding. The stats […]

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‘Outstanding’ provider not inspected for 11 years downgraded in first Ofsted report

Inspectors did highlight the provider’s ‘ambitious curriculum and culture’

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Ofsted handed £24m to inspect all schools, colleges and providers by 2025

Ofsted has bagged an extra £24 million from government to inspect every school, college and further education provider by summer 2025. For colleges specifically, they will receive a full inspection from September 2022 regardless of whether they are rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’. These colleges would typically receive a short inspection. The inspections will also be […]

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NHS trust apologises as it exits the apprenticeship market

An NHS trust has left the apprenticeship provider market following a highly critical Ofsted report. Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV) was branded ‘inadequate’ in its first full inspection report published this week. Inspectors found a litany of problems at the provider, which was training almost 200 apprentices, including poor subcontracting oversight, […]

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