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Revealed: ESFA bans another four new providers from taking on apprentices

Twenty ‘insufficient’ apprenticeship providers have now been banned from taking on new starts as Ofsted’s scrutiny of new providers continues. Four new providers have been added to the barred list in the latest update to the register of apprenticeship training providers, published today, after making poor progress in at least one area monitored by the […]

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Provider to challenge inspection after Ofsted found learners ‘unaware’ they took out an FE loan

A provider has been slammed with a grade four after Ofsted found its 500 learners received “no teaching” and some were “not aware” they had taken out an advanced learner loan. Harrow-based Academy Training Group was branded ‘inadequate’ across the board in its first ever inspection, published today, which claimed the provider has “no strengths” […]

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Second consecutive ‘inadequate’ Ofsted inspection for previously grade two college

A land-based college has been rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted for the second time in a row – one of just a handful of colleges to have achieved the dubious honour. Inspectors visited Easton and Otley College in early October, in its first full inspection since it was first rated grade four in July last year. […]

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‘Falling through the cracks’: thousands of apprenticeships going unregulated

The government has been left red-faced after FE Week found thousands of apprentices with no organisation responsible for checking the quality of delivery of their training. The apprenticeship accountability statement, published by the Department for Education, says responsibility for oversight of level six and seven programmes does not lie with Ofsted but with the Office […]

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Ofsted watch: A ‘good’ week for sixth form colleges

It’s been a ‘good’ week for sixth form colleges, with a pair of grade two verdicts following full inspections. At the opposite end of the spectrum, an independent provider has received the lowest possible grade in the only other full inspection report published this week. Longley Park Sixth Form College, in Sheffield, was rated ‘good’ […]

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Damning Ofsted report finds apprentices went eight months with no training

Apprentices at one training provider had not had any training eight months after their start date, according to a damning Ofsted report published today. XTP International, based in Stockport, was rated ‘inadequate’ across the board by the education watchdog, following an inspection in early October. Among its many failings, inspectors noted that “there has been […]

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College refuses to explain spending millions on mysterious subcontractor

A college has refused to explain why it has given £16.5 million over the last three years to a subcontracting partner that employs fewer than 10 people. Brooklands College relies on SCL Security Ltd, a private provider run by Andrew Merritt, to deliver hundreds of level-three IT apprenticeships every year, for mostly 16-to-18-year-olds. The company […]

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Contradictory claims over UTC learner numbers from Baker Dearing Trust

The organisation behind the university technical college programme has claimed the number of 14-year-olds studying at the institutions is on the up – even though its own figures show the opposite. A spokesperson for the Baker Dearing Trust told FE Week that year 10 recruitment at the 14-to-19 technical institutions “has grown 40 per cent […]

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Questions surround DfE’s ability to ban poor HE apprenticeship providers

Banning ‘insufficient’ new providers from recruiting apprentices may not be as simple as once thought, as confusion appears to surround the case of a private university.  BPP University, part of the global BPP Professional Education Group, was warned it was making poor progress in an early monitoring visit report of its apprenticeship provision from Ofsted […]

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