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Licence fees to almost double for cash-strapped UTCs

The new chief executive of the Baker Dearing Trust has defended the decision to nearly double the membership fee that university technical colleges have to pay. The annual fee will increase from £5,500 to £10,000 from September. The unexpected hike comes despite the majority of UTCs struggling to survive due to dwindling student numbers, a […]

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Ofsted watch: ‘Insufficient’ week for new private providers

Nearly half of the new providers which have had Ofsted reports published this week have made ‘insufficient progress’ in at least one area. YMCA George Williams College and London School of Commerce & IT Limited are among those to receive the rating for Ofsted’s objectives of ‘successful apprenticeship provision’ and ‘positive outcomes for apprentices’. The […]

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Ofsted criticised for using ‘small’ apprentice sample in damaging monitoring report

A provider has hit out at Ofsted after the inspectorate sampled just a fraction of its apprentices to decide it was making ‘insufficient progress’ in an early monitoring report. AAA Training and Recruitment is expected to be suspended from recruiting new apprentices by the government after it was given the rating in two of the […]

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Cash-strapped college group finally appoints permanent chief executive

A troubled college group that has been run by an interim chief executive for nearly a year has appointed an Ofsted inspector as its new permanent boss. John Evans (pictured) will take the reins from Dr Elaine McMahon at The Cornwall College Group during the autumn term. She has held the position in an interim […]

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High Court places West Kent and Ashford College into administration

West Kent and Ashford College has been put into education administration, making it the second college to fall under the insolvency regime. At the High Court today, Insolvency and Companies Court judge Sally Barber granted the petition put forward by the Department for Education at the request of WKAC. The Ofsted grade three college will […]

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Highbury College loses FOI battle to keep the principal’s expenses a secret

The UK’s data watchdog has sided with FE Week in our long-running freedom of information battle with Highbury College to obtain expense claims made on the principal’s corporate card. A request for this information spanning the past five academic years was put in 10 months ago, but the college refused to comply and cited section […]

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Ofsted Watch: Employer providers excel in good week for FE sector

Two employer providers have made an excellent start to their apprenticeship training careers, with five ‘significant progress’ findings from their cumulative early monitoring visits. North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust broke a spell of bad reports for the NHS with its report finding it had made ‘significant progress’ in all three areas. Inspectors said […]

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National Audit Office to investigate ‘management of colleges’ financial sustainability’

The UK’s public spending watchdog is preparing to launch a value for money review on the management of colleges’ financial sustainability. Comptroller and auditor general Gareth Davies (pictured), who heads up the National Audit Office, revealed this in a letter to Conservative MP Margot James, who had asked him to investigate Birmingham Metropolitan College following […]

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Ofsted watch: Two providers drop from ‘good’ to ‘inadequate’

A council and a specialist college have received the worst possible rating from Ofsted, in a week where three early monitoring reports at new providers recorded ‘insufficient progress’ scores. North Lincolnshire Council and Cambian Lufton College in Somerset saw their ratings drop by two grades from ‘good’. The inspectorate found a set of poor teaching […]

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