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Macclesfield College handed financial health notice to improve

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has handed a financial health notice to improve to Macclesfield College. It follows an assessment of the college by the FE Commissioner in November and the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) grading the college’s financial health as ‘inadequate’. The notice, dated 14 January, instructed Macclesfield College to prepare […]

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Arts and media provider to challenge Ofsted ‘inadequate’ rating

An arts and media provider with a large proportion of high needs learners is challenging an ‘inadequate’ report after Ofsted criticised it for not moving enough students onto further study or employment. Sheffield Independent Film and Television (Shift) was given the lowest possible rating in every category bar one in a report published by the […]

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Mysterious apprenticeship provider judged ‘insufficient’ by Ofsted following FE Week exposé

A provider that received over £16 million in three years from college subcontracting deals has been exposed by Ofsted for delivering ‘insufficient’ apprenticeships which exclude employers and lack scrutiny. FE Week revealed in November the mysterious way in which SCL Security Ltd has operated as a subcontractor for many years, delivering hundreds of apprenticeships for […]

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Two more providers removed from T-levels 2020 delivery

Two providers will no longer deliver the first wave of T-levels after one received a low Ofsted rating and another was found to be too “specialist”. The Department for Education confirmed today that the London Design and Engineering UTC and Big Creative Training had been removed from the list of providers who will be delivering […]

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ESFA bans six more new providers from taking on apprentices

Six more providers have received temporary bans on recruiting apprentices as Ofsted continues its scrutiny of new provision, with four others now completely removed from the approved register. The inspectorate is monitoring all new apprenticeship providers, and any deemed to be making ‘insufficient’ progress in at least one area faces being suspended from taking on […]

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Hadlow Group senior leader resigns as FE Commissioner steps in

The FE Commissioner has intervened at the Hadlow Group as its deputy chief executive hands in his resignation, FE Week can reveal. Mark Lumsdon-Taylor, who was paid up to £210,000 in 2016/17, left his role on January 31. He had been Hadlow College’s finance director since 2003, before taking on the wider role at the […]

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How to get the best out of a college merger

A merger can be a trying and testing time, says Mike Hopkins. But do it right and you can be left with a leaner, more financially efficient operation with the same pool of students During my 12 years as principal, South and City College Birmingham has been through two mergers: the first between the former […]

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If it works for apprentices and employers, it works for Ofsted

Over a six-year period, our college rating for apprenticeships improved from ‘inadequate’ to ‘outstanding’ – and we weren’t even focusing on inspections, says Jacqui Canton. Do the right things for the right reasons and good results will follow It’s not often that I gain management inspiration from cult films of the 1990s, but Ofsted definitely […]

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ESFA delays European Social Fund tender contracting for second time after ‘error’

A fresh 10-day standstill period has been issued by the Education and Skills Funding Agency for European Social Fund contracts in some areas after it admitted to making an “error” in its tender. FE Week revealed last week that multiple providers alleged that the government broke tender rules in the procurement that is worth £282 […]

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