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Ofsted watch: Airports apprenticeship provider slammed by Ofsted – again

A new apprenticeship provider that was suspended from recruiting learners last year has been rated ‘inadequate’ in its first full inspection, in what was otherwise an average week for the FE sector. The only other bad report came in for Prospects Training International Limited, which trades a Geason Training and was bought out in a […]

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Speedy Ofsted criticism of provider just months after multi-million pound purchase

A new provider that was allowed to recruit over 1,000 apprentices before being inspected has been found making ‘insufficient progress’ by Ofsted in a monitoring visit.  Prospects Training International Limited trades as Geason Training and was acquired by Speedy, one of the UK’s leading tool hire services company, in a deal worth up to £26 […]

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Ofsted watch: Poor week for multiple new apprenticeship providers

New apprenticeship providers came in for some stinging criticism this week, with three found to be making ‘insufficient progress’ in early monitoring visits. The only wholly positive report was for adult and community learning provider Sunderland City Metropolitan Borough Council, which climbed its way up to ‘good’ after being rated ‘inadequate’ in January 2018. Since […]

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Ofsted watch: Tough week with one employer provider crashing to a grade four

It has been a tough week for FE as one provider was hit with ‘inadequate’ and three others found making insufficient progress. Securitas UK, a large employer provider in the security sector, was rated as ‘inadequate’ in its first full inspection after Ofsted found none of its apprentices achieved their qualification. Ofsted’s report found that […]

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Ofsted slams large employer provider with no apprenticeship passes – again

A large employer provider in the security sector that was suspended from recruiting apprentices last year has been rated ‘inadequate’ after Ofsted found none of its apprentices achieved their qualification. Securitas UK said today it will challenge the education watchdog after it criticised leaders and managers for being “too slow” to improve the weaknesses identified […]

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Ofsted watch: Two providers rated ‘inadequate’ for apprenticeships

A private provider has dropped two grades to ‘inadequate’ and a sixth form college was rated grade four for its apprenticeship provision, in what is otherwise a positive week for the FE sector. There was especially good news for Trafford College Group, which was found to have made ‘significant progress’ in all areas since it […]

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‘We are restless for solutions’: Grenfell community meets the PM about ‘threat’ to local college

Campaigners battling to save a college campus that serves the community affected by the Grenfell Tower disaster have pleaded with the prime minister to intervene. In a private meeting with Theresa May and communities secretary James Brokenshire that lasted over an hour on the evening of May 8, members of Grenfell United spoke of the […]

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Another 6 new providers suspended from taking on apprentices

Six more new providers have received temporary bans on recruiting apprentices following early Ofsted inspections that found them making poor progress. Since October 2018, the watchdog has been carrying out monitoring visits at every directly-funded provider which won a contract to deliver training after April 2017. The Education and Skills Funding Agency has released an […]

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What Ofsted’s new inspection framework means for FE

Ofsted has today published its new and final education inspection framework that will come into effect from September. It follows a three-month public consultation, which prompted more than 15,000 responses – the highest number the education watchdog has ever received. A new FE and skills inspection handbook has been created as a result, which includes […]

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