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Ofsted watch: Four providers improve to ‘good’ in busy week for FE

Four providers – including a major college – have boosted their grades from three to two this week, while seven others either maintained the ‘good’ rating or achieved it in either their first inspection. Elsewhere it’s been a busy week for monitoring visits, with 16 reports published – 14 for new apprenticeship visits which produced […]

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Ofsted watch: Exemplary week for universities

Universities showed off their apprenticeship delivery skills this week, as one was rated ‘outstanding’ while another was judged to be ‘good’ by Ofsted. It wasn’t so positive for independent providers however, as two were rated ‘requires improvement’ and another was judged to be making ‘insufficient progress’ in its early monitoring visit. Teeside University was the […]

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Ofsted Watch: Adult and community learning providers make great gains

Adult and community learning providers have come out the best from this week’s Ofsted reports as two improved to ‘good’ and one ‘inadequate’ council was found making ‘significant progress’. It has been a mixed bag elsewhere, with seven grade three reports and five grade two reports. Bromley London Borough Council upped its Ofsted grade to […]

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Mystery no-notice ESFA audits spark provider anger

Providers are fuming at the Education and Skills Funding Agency after officials started conducting short-notice mystery audits in the wake of the 3aaa scandal, FE Week can reveal. In what appears to be the second major investigation into achievement rate data at FE providers in the past ten years, the agency began carrying out a […]

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Is a criminal investigation into 3aaa about to begin?

A criminal investigation into disgraced apprenticeship firm Aspire Achieve Advance could soon be launched after the Department for Education requested a meeting with the police. The company, better known as 3aaa, went into administration on October 11 after the government pulled its skills funding contracts following allegations of fraud. Derbyshire Constabulary then started making enquiries […]

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Ofsted watch: Independent specialist college rated ‘inadequate’ in poor week for providers

An independent specialist college has been hit with an ‘inadequate’ rating after Ofsted found students with high needs were being placed in “potentially harmful situations,” in a less than impressive week for FE providers. Elsewhere two out of five early monitoring reports for new apprenticeship firms resulted in ‘insufficient’ verdicts, while one private provider was […]

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Employer provider hits buffers after Ofsted found failure to take account of prior learning

A new apprenticeship provider has been judged to be making ‘insufficient progress’ after Ofsted found it did not take into account learners’ previous qualifications when putting them on programme. Inspectors reported that many of Agincare Group Limited’s 173 apprentices already had a high depth of knowledge and experience prior to starting their apprenticeship and the […]

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Ofsted watch: Week of extremes for FE providers

Results from this week’s Ofsted reports for FE have ranged between the very worst and the very best. Independent specialist college Strathmore College was found to have made ‘significant progress’ in four out of five themes, making ‘reasonable progress’ in the other area. The inspector noted that, since their last inspection returned a grade three, […]

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Arts and media provider to challenge Ofsted ‘inadequate’ rating

An arts and media provider with a large proportion of high needs learners is challenging an ‘inadequate’ report after Ofsted criticised it for not moving enough students onto further study or employment. Sheffield Independent Film and Television (Shift) was given the lowest possible rating in every category bar one in a report published by the […]

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