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Is September too early for Ofsted inspectors to call?

A college has questioned the “rationale” of Ofsted inspecting them within days of the new academic year starting. However, others believe there are advantages to it – so, should the watchdog be visiting providers in September? Fraser Whieldon investigates The Sheffield College (pictured) received an inspection between September 24 and 27, with inspectors reporting learners […]

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Profile: Professor Kevin Orr

Jess Staufenberg meets an education researcher with a unique and singular focus on teaching in further education Professor Kevin Orr of the University of Huddersfield has spent his whole career teaching or researching into teaching in the further education sector. Listening to his soft Belfast lilt as he eloquently explains both roles, it strikes me […]

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College with ‘failed’ Grenfell-style cladding starts moving students out

A college has begun moving classes and residents out of their tower block as they prepare for a multi-million pound renovation to replace Grenfell-style cladding that failed a fire safety test. Work to remove non-compliant panelling at Highbury College is planned to get underway in the spring and is anticipated to take up to 12 […]

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Ofsted watch: ‘Outstanding’ week for sixth form college

A sixth form college was lauded as ‘outstanding’ in a mixed week for FE, which saw one private provider plummet to ‘inadequate’ while another dropped two grades to ‘requires improvement’. Godalming College was given the top rating by Ofsted in its first inspection since converting to a 16 to 19 academy in January 2018. The […]

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Parents demand ‘inadequate’ Sheffield film school be reopened

Parents are lobbying the government to restart funding for an arts and media provider that trained mostly high-needs learners. The Education and Skills Funding Agency terminated its contracts with Sheffield Independent Film and Television (SHIFT) last year, after it was rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted. A report by the education watchdog, published in February 2019, said […]

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Profile: Stuart Rimmer

Jess Staufenberg meets Stuart Rimmer, whose entrepreneurial streak has helped guide his leadership of East Coast College Hanging above Stuart Rimmer’s head is a portrait of an austere woman with a wide-brimmed hat and lace collar. She’s looking sideways, face half in shadow, into the office of the East Coast College principal. The Suffolk institution […]

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Thousands of apprentices dumped by training provider after Ofsted inspection

More than 2,500 apprentices and adult learners have been left in the lurch after their provider immediately exited the training market following a grade four Ofsted report. Progress to Excellence Limited (PtE), an independent learning provider established in 1997, today dropped from ‘good’ to ‘inadequate’. The education watchdog reported that leaders’ and governors’ growth strategy […]

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Ofsted boss still ‘not happy’ with colleges ‘flooding’ economy with arts and media students

Ofsted’s chief inspector is still “not happy” that some colleges steer too many of their students towards “superficially attractive” arts and media courses where there are limited job opportunities. Amanda Spielman reiterated this concern, which she first raised at the 2018 Association of Colleges’ conference, during her speech at the watchdog’s annual report launch this […]

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Ofsted: ‘Target apprenticeship levy money more directly at skills shortages’

High levels of management and health apprenticeships are a “mismatch” compared to the government’s industrial strategy and needs to be addressed “urgently”, Amanda Spielman has said. In Ofsted’s annual stock take of education, the chief inspector revealed that performance in the FE sector has “remained static this year”, but the “rapid growth” of apprenticeships is […]

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