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Ofsted’s new-style inspections have been much publicised, but some AELP members have been surprised by the new format. Simon Ashworth sets out what providers should expect and how to prepare. The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has been hearing from its members that inspections under Ofsted’s new framework (EIF) was not what they […]
Opinion
A record high proportion of Ofsted-inspected colleges are now rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’, FE Week can reveal. Our analysis of inspection grades shows an impressive 78 per cent of all general FE colleges have been placed in the top two categories as of August 31, 2019, up from 76 per cent in 2017/18. It is […]
News
A new provider that trains nearly 500 apprentices for a “world leading” security company has been rapped by Ofsted. Inspectors listed a catalogue of issues with the training delivered by EGS Nationwide Limited, which was found making ‘insufficient progress’ in two areas of an early monitoring report. The sole employer it works with is G4S […]
The first university technical college to receive an early monitoring visit for its apprenticeship provision has been heavily criticised by Ofsted. London Design and Engineering University Technical College (LDE UTC) was found making ‘insufficient progress’ in two out of the three themes assessed and can now expect to be suspended from recruiting apprentices. Inspectors found […]
Moulton College is in a “perilous position” and its chair and new principal do not appear to “fully recognise” the impact of possible “imminent” insolvency. That is according to one of three FE Commissioner intervention reports released today. Moulton’s review found that “too many students have been failed” by the Northamptonshire college and it must […]
There are “significant concerns” about Hartlepool College of Further Education’s financial sustainability, according to one of three FE Commissioner reports published today. Richard Atkins’ team’s intervention into the college reveals “financial uncertainties put the student experience and opportunities for learners at risk”. Hartlepool has generated an operating deficit for the past two financial years and […]
The HMRC has been criticised by Ofsted for keeping hundreds of apprentices on programme for the same duration. The tax office began delivering its own apprenticeships in October 2017 and currently trains 434 apprentices on level 4 standards in professional accounting/taxation technician. Ofsted conducted an early monitoring visit of this provision last month and found […]
A college faces “multiple, difficult and high-risk” challenges after being rocked by a £20 million subcontracting scandal which has put its future in doubt, a minister and the FE Commissioner have said. Richard Atkins’ team was sent into Brooklands College after FE Week revealed it had passed millions of pounds over to a mysterious private […]
As Gavin Williamson promises to match Germany in the delivery of vocational and technical education in ten years, JL Dutaut looks back at the mismatch between vision and reality over the past twenty years. It was an education policy announcement that grabbed the headlines. Fifty per cent of young people would access higher education. A […]
