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Dame Mary Ney’s report into college financial oversight exposes a “decade of austerity” and a lack of ministerial awareness of the financial crisis “engulfing” the FE sector, Labour’s shadow apprenticeships minister has said. Toby Perkins added that the failure in oversight has been “exacerbated by the Tory cuts to the civil service”. He was responding […]
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The education watchdog Ofsted has published its corporate annual report and accounts, which give an update on the inspectorate’s performance as an organisation throughout 2019-20. The document is not to be confused with its official annual report, which is a report to parliament on its inspection activity, and is normally released in the winter. Here […]
The government has committed to building “stronger” relationships with colleges, including increased dialogue with all college boards from September. New whistle-blowing requirements will also be imposed on colleges, and there will be “strengthened” alignment between the FE Commissioner and the Education and Skills Funding Agency, according to skills minister Gillian Keegan. It comes after Dame […]
A former chief inspector for the Independent Schools Inspectorate has been appointed as Ofsted’s next chair. Dame Christine Ryan will replace Professor Julius Weinberg from August 1, education secretary Gavin Williamson announced today. He said Ryan brings a “wealth of experience in the education sector to her new role”. “I am confident that alongside chief […]
The national college for HS2 is on the hunt for a provider to partner with following a grade four Ofsted report and warnings from the FE Commissioner it was facing “potential insolvency”. The National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure (NCATI) told FE Week it was “working through a shortlisting process for a new partner” […]
The Education and Skills Funding Agency has softened its policy on allowing paused providers to start recruiting again. Since October 2018, Ofsted has conducted early monitoring visits of new training firms and any that are found making ‘insufficient progress’ are suspended from taking on new apprentices in line with ESFA rules. Providers have been unable […]
The Association of Colleges is calling for a post-Covid-19 “rethink” of the sector’s intervention regime as the FE Commissioner resumes all “usual activity”. Lead commissioner Richard Atkins (pictured) wrote to college bosses on June 16 to inform them that his team has recommenced its work on a virtual basis as they begin to welcome back […]
Ofsted will start visiting colleges and training providers again from September – with letters about what the inspectors found to be published but with no grades. The watchdog will also carry out an additional monitoring visit to new providers that have an existing ‘insufficient progress’ rating, which will also result in a “brief” report but […]
Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Baroness Nicky Morgan, Board Member, Careers and Enterprise Company Start date: July 2020 Previous job: Education secretary Interesting fact: Nicky was the first woman ever to chair the influential House of Commons Treasury select committee when elected in 2017 Glenys Pashley-Crawford, Governor, Blackburn College Start date: […]
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