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A north-west England university technical college has become the latest of its type to move towards joining a multi-academy trust – but this time the tables have turned. The leader of UTC Warrington, Lee Barber, has been appointed by the North West Academies Trust (NWAT) to be the interim headteacher of Rudheath Senior Academy, following […]
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A university technical college has pulled itself out of ‘inadequate’, while two other FE providers, including an accountancy giant, slumped to the lowest rating this week. Health Futures UTC has been given a grade three, nearly two years after the 14 to 19 provider was hit with a grade four. Inspectors said it was previously […]
FE Week meets a principal whose career has been defined by quiet consistency, and who has a few parting words for the sector’s leaders It was a college principal who suggested I go and interview John Clarke, the retiring boss at Southport College in Merseyside and FE career veteran of 35 years. I’d asked for […]
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All colleges in England are “expected” to close from Friday as the government steps up its attempts to contain the coronavirus. GCSE and A-level exams will also not take place as planned in May and June. Education secretary Gavin Williamson made the announcements in the House of Commons this afternoon, where he committed to continue […]
College leaders are demanding emergency financial support be made available to keep them afloat during the Coronavirus pandemic. Association of Colleges boss David Hughes has written to education secretary Gavin Williamson today to call for “simple, rapid and clear routes” for his members to secure cashflow support. He estimates that an average college might lose […]
One of the ‘big four’ accounting firms that trains nearly 1,000 civil service apprentices has been slammed as ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted. KPMG Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) has now been banned from the apprenticeships market as a result of a damning grade four report published today. A catalogues of issues, including a lack of unbiased careers […]
All routine Ofsted inspections will now be put on hold, sister paper FE Week has revealed. The watchdog has halted inspections following prime minister Boris Johnson’s announcement earlier today to scale up coronavirus prevention measures. An Ofsted spokesperson told FE Week they are “putting a hold on all this week’s routine inspections of schools, social care, […]
Oldham Sixth Form College is the first education provider to successfully defer an inspection due to the Coronavirus outbreak, Ofsted has confirmed. Inspectors were due into the college this week but the visit has now been postponed to an unknown date. Principal Jayne Clarke said: “We are pleased that Ofsted has agreed to defer our […]
Ofsted this morning published their contested grade four report into Shrewsbury Colleges Group, expressing concerns that “not all students feel safe”. The college will be “appealing against the safeguarding grade” and appear to be accusing the Ofsted national team of “overruling” their regional colleagues. See their full statement below. Shortly before 9am the report was […]
