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Ofsted triggers government intervention at specialist college

A new college for students with special educational needs and disabilities has been suspended from recruiting learners after receiving stinging criticism from Ofsted. Fir Tree Fishery, an independent specialist college (ISC) in Wigan, received a visit from the watchdog in February which found ‘insufficient’ delivery across the board, including safeguarding. Inspectors said learning focuses “too […]

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Ofsted raps first school over Baker Clause

A school has been rapped by Ofsted for flouting the Baker Clause, as the inspectorate begins to police the controversial rule. Leicestershire-based King Edward VII Science and Sport College was rated ‘inadequate’ in a report published on Wednesday following an inspection in January. Inspectors found, among other leadership and safeguarding issues, that the school was […]

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Outstanding!: College group given top Ofsted marks across the board

Chichester College Group has become the second general further education college to be rated ‘outstanding’ under Ofsted’s new inspection framework. The group, which formed in 2017 following mergers between Brinsbury College, Chichester College, Crawley College and then Worthing College in 2019, received grade ones across the board in a report published today following a visit […]

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What does an inspectorate do when it can’t inspect?

Six weeks after lockdown and the sudden end of inspections, and five weeks after Ofsted mooted a mass redeployment of staff, JL Dutaut finds out what the inspectors have been up to It’s now six weeks since “business as usual” came to an abrupt end for Ofsted. Yet just last week, chief inspector Amanda Spielman […]

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Government to take ownership of colleges

The government is working on a plan to bring colleges in England back into public ownership, FE Week understands. Work has begun on a White Paper to be followed by legislation, after recent attempts to financially stabilise the sector with an area review programme and restructuring funds totalling around half a billion pounds were deemed […]

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Adult education charity rescued by council

A long-running adult education charity has been saved from going under after a local council agreed to a £100,000 rescue deal. The Friends Centre was on the brink of collapse after losing access to direct government skills funding, hitting repeated financial deficits and experiencing a substantial drop in cash reserves. Brighton and Hove City Council, […]

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ESFA seeks legal advice in face of unpublished Ofsted reports

The Education and Skills Funding Agency is taking legal advice on whether it can intervene at new providers before Ofsted publishes their inspection reports. The watchdog paused the publication of all further education and skills reports on March 20 owing to the coronavirus pandemic, but later said it would release them sooner if requested by […]

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AEB funding rules published in draft – but without threatened subcontracting limits

Draft rules for funding the adult education budget in 2020/21 have not included any changes to subcontracting despite the government’s warning of an overhaul. The sector had been bracing itself for big amendments, including a funding and distance cap on the provision, following the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s ‘subcontracting post-16 education and training’ consultation, […]

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Introducing… Christine Ricketts

Propelled rapidly upwards when her predecessor left, Christine Ricketts has been a steady hand on the wheel following troubled times at Brooklands College, in Surrey.  She had long aspired to be a deputy principal when Christine Ricketts spotted the advert for the role at Brooklands College, on the far outskirts of south-west London. She went […]

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