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Sixth form college retains its grade one after 12-year respite

A sixth form college in Merseyside has become the first SFC to score a grade one Ofsted rating in nearly two years, during which time three have lost their “outstanding” status. Carmel College retained its top rating this week, following a respite inspection period of over 12 years. Mike Hill, the college’s principal, said it […]

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Ofsted watch: Universities falter while colleges shine

Universities have stumbled this week, with one being rated ‘requires improvement’ and another losing its grade one, while colleges have excelled. Specialist college Groundwork South and North Tyneside scored a grade two, improving on the grade three from its last inspection. Inspectors were impressed with how leaders had “accelerated the pace of quality improvement” by […]

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St Helens College handed financial health warning

St Helens College has been served a financial health notice to improve by the Education and Skills Funding Agency. The notice was handed after the college was assessed as having ‘inadequate’ financial health in 2017/18. St Helens College’s accounts for 2017/18 show it generated a surplus of £8.8 million, with a total income of £43 […]

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AoC president faces challenger for the top job

Never mind the race to become prime minister, the race to elect the next president of the Association of Colleges is where the real drama is happening. Trafford College Group principal Lesley Davies has challenged incumbent leader Steve Frampton. Frampton, the former principal of Portsmouth College, is reapplying for the role after having completed one […]

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College starved of cash shuts award winning training restaurant

A college has been forced to shut the doors of its prestigious restaurant, blaming years of government cuts to further education funding. Lancashire-based Runshaw College announced today its award-winning Foxholes Restaurant in Leyland is to close after running for more than 30 years. The restaurant functioned as a training centre for future chefs and catering […]

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Hinds ‘pleased’ with level 6 and 7 inspection approach but OfS can’t say what it is

The Office for Students can’t say how it will assess level 6 and 7 apprenticeships delivered at non-registered HE providers, even though it’s meant to start the work imminently. As revealed by FE Week on Friday, the government has opted to give the job to the higher education regulator despite the Augar Review recommending it […]

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Over 1,300 apprentices left without any provider, 7 months after 3aaa collapse

Nearly one-third of the apprentices who were training with disgraced apprenticeship firm Aspire Achieve Advance had still not been found a new provider seven months after its collapse. Furthermore, questions are likely to be raised about some of the firms the transferred apprentices have moved to, after one was slammed by Ofsted in an ‘insufficient’ […]

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It is easy to conclude that the DfE are not serious about apprenticeship quality

This week we report that the Department for Education will announce that the Office for Students, not Ofsted, will inspect the quality of all level 6 and 7 apprenticeships. It comes after FE Week exposed the fact that thousands of apprentices were at providers where Ofsted had to exclude them from inspection because they were […]

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Ofsted watch: Airports apprenticeship provider slammed by Ofsted – again

A new apprenticeship provider that was suspended from recruiting learners last year has been rated ‘inadequate’ in its first full inspection, in what was otherwise an average week for the FE sector. The only other bad report came in for Prospects Training International Limited, which trades a Geason Training and was bought out in a […]

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