Search Results for

The following 993 results have been found to match your search query:

‘ofsted watch’

Ofsted criticised for using ‘small’ apprentice sample in damaging monitoring report

A provider has hit out at Ofsted after the inspectorate sampled just a fraction of its apprentices to decide it was making ‘insufficient progress’ in an early monitoring report. AAA Training and Recruitment is expected to be suspended from recruiting new apprentices by the government after it was given the rating in two of the […]

News

Highbury College loses FOI battle to keep the principal’s expenses a secret

The UK’s data watchdog has sided with FE Week in our long-running freedom of information battle with Highbury College to obtain expense claims made on the principal’s corporate card. A request for this information spanning the past five academic years was put in 10 months ago, but the college refused to comply and cited section […]

News

Ofsted Watch: Employer providers excel in good week for FE sector

Two employer providers have made an excellent start to their apprenticeship training careers, with five ‘significant progress’ findings from their cumulative early monitoring visits. North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust broke a spell of bad reports for the NHS with its report finding it had made ‘significant progress’ in all three areas. Inspectors said […]

News

National Audit Office to investigate ‘management of colleges’ financial sustainability’

The UK’s public spending watchdog is preparing to launch a value for money review on the management of colleges’ financial sustainability. Comptroller and auditor general Gareth Davies (pictured), who heads up the National Audit Office, revealed this in a letter to Conservative MP Margot James, who had asked him to investigate Birmingham Metropolitan College following […]

News

Ofsted watch: Two providers drop from ‘good’ to ‘inadequate’

A council and a specialist college have received the worst possible rating from Ofsted, in a week where three early monitoring reports at new providers recorded ‘insufficient progress’ scores. North Lincolnshire Council and Cambian Lufton College in Somerset saw their ratings drop by two grades from ‘good’. The inspectorate found a set of poor teaching […]

News

Ofsted finds ‘significant’ safeguarding concerns at specialist college

A specialist college that teaches students with autism and other complex needs has dropped two grades to ‘inadequate’ after Ofsted found “significant” safeguarding concerns. Cambian Lufton College, based in south Somerset, received the lowest possible rating from the education watchdog today after previously receiving a grade two in July 2016. Inspectors found that senior leaders’ […]

News

Ofsted watch: Promising for most, but well-known waste disposal employer disappoints

FE providers have shown great promise in Ofsted inspections this week, except for one national waste disposal employer which made ‘insufficient progress’ in two areas. Biffa Waste Services, which currently has 21 apprentices, had not ensured it met the requirements of successful apprenticeship provision in its first monitoring visit since it won a direct contract […]

News

Ofsted watch: Unimpressive week for new private providers

Five early monitoring reports for independent providers returned ‘insufficient’ ratings this week, with Ofsted finding some have not recruited with “integrity” and another had learners unaware they’re on an apprenticeship. It was also bad news for a local authority which was downgraded to ‘inadequate’. There was, however, promising results for colleges. The grade four came […]

News

Ofsted misses FE inspection target by more than 10%

Ofsted missed its inspection target for FE providers by 11 per cent this year – the biggest miss out of all education sectors. The education watchdog’s corporate annual reports and accounts for 2018/19, published today, shows that it had aimed to carry out 323 inspections in further education but ended up conducting 287. This is […]

News