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The future of apprenticeship provision at a new provider is in doubt after its Ofsted early monitoring visit warned they were making ‘insufficient progress’ and not allowing enough time for off-the-job training. Mitre Group Limited has become the latest provider to be slammed by the inspectorate, coming under fire for the quality of its apprenticeship […]
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The co-founders of apprenticeship giant Aspire Achieve Advance have resigned in the midst of a government investigation into the company. Peter Marples and Di McEvoy-Robinson, the training provider’s chief executive and director respectively, are understood to have had their letters of resignation accepted by chair Derek Mapp over the weekend. Staff are being told of […]
Three new apprenticeship providers have been found to be making ‘insufficient progress’ in at least one area under review this week – but it’s yet to be seen what the repercussions will be. Elsewhere, an independent learning provider was rated ‘good’ following its first ever inspection, in the only full FE and skills report published […]
There was cause for celebration at a university technical college this week as it was rated ‘good’, while four new apprenticeship providers were found to be making ‘reasonable progress’ in all areas. But one specialist college didn’t fare as well after Ofsted said it ‘requires improvement’, in the only other report published in the last […]
A loans-funded independent provider has received the lowest possible rating in its first ever inspection this week. And two apprenticeship providers have been found to be making ‘reasonable progress’ in all themes under review in early monitoring visits, in the only other reports published in the last seven days. Darlington-based Elms Associates Limited was rated […]
Apprenticeship providers could be forced to stop recruiting students for several years, if judged to be making ‘insufficient progress’ in early monitoring visits from Ofsted, FE Week can reveal. Earlier this month the Education and Skills Funding Agency confirmed that any poor-performing provider with the rating in at least one of the themes under review […]
It’s been a good two weeks for employer providers, as two have received ‘good’ ratings following their first ever inspections. The picture for independent learning providers is less positive, with both full inspection reports published in the last two weeks resulting in ‘inadequate’ verdicts. Senior leaders and managers at Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Limited have […]
A training provider previously banned from taking on any new apprentices and a formerly ‘inadequate’ council have been making strong improvements, monitoring visits have found. Key6 Group had its first revisit from Ofsted last month since it was told its delivery was “not fit for purpose” in March, as part of the inspectorate’s investigations into […]
Ofsted will soon call on FE providers to help it undertake a “huge” amount of FE-related research projects, according to its director of corporate strategy. The education watchdog has set aside around £2.4 million, or 4 per cent of its inspector resource, to spend on 20 studies over the next two years. It is part […]
