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The FE commissioner is attempting to drum up support for a three-way merger that was cancelled after one of the colleges involved was handed a grade four rating from Ofsted. The education watchdog gave Hereward College, based in Coventry, its lowest possible rating in a report that was published November 21. It had been in […]
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A struggling Greater Manchester college has dropped back down to ‘inadequate’, Ofsted inspectors have found. Stockport College was hit with the grade four verdict in a report published today. It leaves the college’s future looking as uncertain as ever after the report stated: “The college is still in administered status and will be dependent on […]
Pearson has recovered two grades from its previous ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating for its apprenticeship provision. The global education business was in January ranked ‘inadequate’ across the board by the education watchdog. But it was inspected again last month, and the report out today returned a unanimous ‘good’ verdict. It said: “Leaders and managers have implemented successfully […]
Two colleges in England have now gone more than 10 years without a full inspection – setting a new record Ofsted won’t be proud of. Bridgwater and Taunton College in Somerset had its most recent full inspection on November 17, 2006. It’s a similar story for Hills Road Sixth Form College, in Cambridgeshire, which was […]
A college that nose-dived from ‘outstanding’ to ‘inadequate’ in March has been slammed by Ofsted again for making insufficient progress. Following its second monitoring visit since the education watchdog’s damning report, Mid-Cheshire College was deemed to have made ‘insufficient progress’ in improving the quality of teaching, learning and assessment and with ensuring learners make good progress and […]
Ofsted could be heading for an embarrassing U-turn over its surprise decision to threaten providers with legal action over their unauthorised use of its logo to advertise ‘good’ inspection ratings. Last week, FE Week revealed that several training providers had been threatened out of the blue with court action by the education watchdog, for the […]
Ofsted is using just one training provider for its new cohort of 31 apprentices, FE Week can reveal. The recruits will all follow a two-year business administration programme at levels two and three with Stockport-based provider Damar Ltd. In March, the Skills Funding Agency was found to be using a total of 13 different providers […]
The principal of a troubled college is stepping down just six weeks after he was given the “full backing” of his governing body, following a damning grade four Ofsted verdict. Stuart Wesselby’s resignation from Tresham College of Further and Higher Education will take effect from September 30, the college has confirmed. It comes after the […]
– Inspectorate send letters warning their logo can only be used by those graded outstanding– Schools, colleges and training providers face cost of removing logo from all publications Ofsted has sprung a surprise by threatening legal action for unauthorised usage of its logo to advertise “good” ratings – even though it’s common practice among […]
