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A college in Cornwall has become the first to be rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted since the introduction of the Common Inspection Framework (CIF) in September. The education watchdog’s report on Truro and Penwith College (TPC), published today, was full of praise for the college, rating it grade one ‘outstanding’ overall. Ofsted returned the highest possible […]
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Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has defended his controversial views about education for 16 to 19-year-olds, but denied that he is biased against the FE sector. He made the remarks following his speech on Thursday, the second day of FE Week’s Annual Apprenticeship Conference at the Birmingham International Convention Centre. “It’s not a bias, […]
Sir Michael Wilshaw “didn’t really mean” what he said about the FE sector at last week’s Education Select Committee, Skills Minister Nick Boles has said. Mr Boles opened his speech at the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) Leadership Summit, held at Westminster Kingsway College on March 9 by disagreeing with Sir Michael’s comment, which provoked […]
City of Bristol College has slumped back to an ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating, following an inspection in late January. The report is a setback for the college, which was last rated inadequate in April 2013 but had pulled up its rating to ‘requires improvement’ in June the following year. The education watchdog criticised City of Bristol for […]
A troubled London college has been in talks with a view to “closer working” with a college group based almost 300 miles away. Lewisham Southwark College (LSC), which was recently found to have been making reasonable improvement following two consecutive inadequate Ofsted ratings, approached Newcastle College Group (NCG) last autumn, according to representatives from the […]
Sir Michael Wilshaw is of course entitled to his own opinions. But when called to give evidence to the education select committee, shouldn’t what he says be based on evidence? His assertion that 16 to 19-year-olds should be taught in schools, not colleges, undermined so much good work being done in our sector. And there […]
Opinion
A further education college has plummeted from the highest to lowest overall grade after its first Ofsted inspection in more than seven years. Mid-Cheshire College (MCC) has been slammed by the education watchdog, which branded its provision ‘inadequate’ overall, with six out of seven headline fields also rated as ‘inadequate’. Inspectors last visited the college in […]
Pearson is in danger of having its contract with the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) terminated after Ofsted slammed its apprenticeship provision. The global education business, which provides apprenticeships for around 80 members of staff through its subcontractor Pearson TQ, has dropped two grades to be ranked “inadequate” across the board by the education watchdog. In […]
Pearson has been slammed by Ofsted for its inadequate apprenticeship provision in a report which found “no key strengths”. The global education business, which provides apprenticeships for around 80 members of staff through its subcontractor Pearson TQ, has dropped two grades to be ranked ‘inadequate’ across the board by the education watchdog. In their damning […]
