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Ofsted has begun publishing FE and skills inspection reports again. Four new reports, based on pre-coronavirus visits, appeared on the inspectorate’s website today including two ‘good’ full inspections and two early monitoring apprenticeship verdicts that scored ‘reasonable progress’ across the board. The watchdog had paused the publication of all further education and skills reports, apart […]
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A “considerable number” of Ofsted’s 1,700 staff are under occupied despite offering themselves up as Covid-19 response volunteers, the chief inspector has admitted. Amanda Spielman told the education select committee this morning that nearly all of the watchdog’s workers have “expressed willingness” to help with “suitable alternative options” that fit with their skillset. But while […]
Training providers must have a qualification achievement rate for 2018/19 of above 40 per cent to be eligible for the Department for Education’s supplier relief support. They must have also submitted their latest financial accounts to the Education and Skills Fundiing Agency “on time” and not been judged by Ofsted as making ‘insufficient progress’ as […]
Freddie Whittaker meets Rebecca Long-Bailey, Labour’s new shadow education secretary The lack of an “overarching message” from Labour on its flagship national education service (NES) was one of the reasons it lost the last general election, says the new shadow education secretary. But Rebecca Long-Bailey says the “fantastic” policy will survive and be developed by […]
Two midlands-based independent training providers have rushed to the aid of the region’s new coronavirus hospital. Performance Through People (PTP) and GB Training ran classes for over 300 nursing, care and cleaning staff now working at the Nightingale Hospital at Birmingham’s NEC. Their teams were called in by the NHS last week to deliver what is now a rare instance of […]
The government’s decision to allow providers, rather awarding organisation assessments, to determine which of their learners have passed functional skills and other vocational is an enormous relief, says Mark Dawe. What great news before Easter from Ofqual – our first Easter Bunny spreading cheer. Calculating results based in part on teacher, trainer or tutor judgements […]
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Plans to remove the controversial MBA component attached to the level 7 senior leader apprenticeship standard have been revealed. The employer group behind the programme has “revised” its content following a review ordered by the education secretary Gavin Williamson, who said in February he was “unconvinced” it was in the “spirit” of the apprenticeships programme […]
The Association of Colleges has called on Ofsted to suspend all inspections until at least January 2021 owing to the disruptions caused by coronavirus. The membership organisation says scheduled inspections should only go ahead where specific concerns have been raised about safeguarding or an inspection is requested by a provider. Last month Ofsted announced it […]
Jess Staufenberg finds herself spellbound by the new principal of Bradford College’s skill for telling an engaging story It’s a rare interviewee who can narrate their life in so compelling and entertaining a waythat questions become essentially unnecessary, but Chris Webb, the new principal of Bradford College, can do just that. If this Essex boy […]
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