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A training provider has laid off all 30 staff and shut its door to hundreds of young engineering apprentices, FE Week can reveal. West Yorkshire-based Kirkdale Industrial Training Services Limited (KITS), an Ofsted grade 2 registered charity that is more than 50 years old, informed their staff and the government of the decision to close […]
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General FE colleges received a string of positive results, including a grade one, in June from the last drop of Ofsted reports before inspections resume in 2021. However, the watchdog doled out a number of negative results to other providers, which included pushing two providers from grade two to grade four. Seventeen reports were published […]
The Education and Skills Funding Agency has set out the measures it will take to “significantly” reduce subcontracting in further education over the next three years. Headline actions to tackle “poor oversight and fraud” include a cap on the volume of subcontracted provision, a new national “standard” all providers will have to meet, “acting on […]
The cost of managing and administering the adult education budget for the Greater London Authority has shot up to almost £5 million – including £300,000 for a new learner survey. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan was criticised by college principals last year after he took control of the £311 million AEB for the capital but […]
The Department for Education has this morning published guidance on what FE colleges and providers will “need to do” to fully reopen from September. It confirms that the intention is to welcome back all learners, including adults as well as 16 to 19 year olds. Critically, the DfE said there will be “no set requirement” […]
FE Week meets a principal with a history of bravely sailing against prevailing winds. Is her ship about to come in? Sarah Stannard learnt resilience young. The principal of City College Southampton, who cut her teeth in the business world before moving into leadership in FE, was brought up by a Navy man and strikes […]
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The Education and Skills Funding Agency has today launched its second Covid-19 provider relief scheme. FE providers can now bid to receive apprenticeship and adult education budget funding in advance of delivery for the period July to October 2020. The first supplier relief scheme was run from April to June and resulted in a third […]
Matt O’Leary transformed the use of lesson observations in FE, despite sector leaders who were initially reluctant to listen. And he’s far from finished, as Jess Staufenberg discovers There are few academics who can point to a seismic change in Ofsted’s approach to further education and say “I did that”, but Matt O’Leary, despite his […]
Good planning is key, says Richard Moore, especially for off-the-job inspections An article in FE Week last week, “Frustration builds as Ofsted refuses to inspect paused providers”, got me thinking about how feasible a remote inspection might be in reality. I have worked remotely with a number of providers since lockdown, carrying out activities that […]
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