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Principal at mega college in debt to the DfE steps down

One of the most highly paid FE college principals in the country has stepped down with immediate effect. Andrew Cleaves’ departure from Birmingham Metropolitan College, which he has led since 2014, was confirmed by the college today following local news reports. Cliff Hall has been appointed interim principal until a permanent replacement is found, a […]

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Labour Conference 2018: No closer to revealing FE policy in shadow secretary speech

Labour has done little to shine a light on the party’s plans for FE policy as the shadow education minister stopped short of going into any details on the subject during her speech at the party’s conference. The hotly awaited address from Angela Rayner did not include any new policy announcements about FE and skills, […]

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Lewisham Southwark College to become two separate colleges

Lewisham Southwark College is set to become two separate colleges again, just six years after it was formed through a merger. The move was announced today by Joe Docherty, chief executive of NCG, which the college joined in 2017. “This decision will allow the newly-established colleges to develop curriculum programmes that better meet the needs […]

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3aaa told staff to leave dates off paperwork and not to tell customers about new starts ban

Crisis-hit Aspire Achieve Advance has been telling its staff to not date any paperwork for “planned enrolments” in the midst of a government suspension on recruiting apprentices. Employees at the apprenticeship giant, better known as 3aaa, were also instructed not to tell current and prospective employers that the ban has been placed upon it. The […]

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Ofsted’s Amanda Spielman on T-levels, funding and research spending

London South East Colleges has hosted the highest echelons of Ofsted after the inspectorate’s chair chose its Bromley Campus for his landmark lecture.  Amanda Spielman, the education watchdog’s chief inspector, and chair of its board Professor Julius Weinberg were given a tour of the college before Professor Weinberg gave a speech reflecting on his first year at the helm. FE Week took the […]

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Ofsted Watch: Apprenticeship provider ‘requires improvement’ amid flurry of monitoring visits

An independent learning provider has been given a grade three rating across the board in its first Ofsted inspection as the results for five more early monitoring visits of apprenticeship providers have been published.  The only full Ofsted inspection published this week saw Encompass Consultancy gaining a ‘requires improvement’ judgement in every possible category.  The […]

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DfE invests £5.4m in Ofsted early monitoring visits

The government has coughed up the full £5.4 million Ofsted requested to visit all new apprenticeship providers as its crackdown on poor provision continues. In an exclusive interview with FE Week, Paul Joyce (pictured), the inspectorate’s deputy director for FE and skills, said the amount was nothing less than what was requested and will be provided from now until the end of […]

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DfE finds much needed apprenticeship monitoring cash

When the ESFA published the list of providers on the apprenticeship register in March 2017 we reported that the entire sector was shocked. Hundreds of companies, many never having filed a set of accounts, had successfully applied to a register that would give them unlimited access to apprenticeship funding. In an interview with me the […]

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Ofsted DOES soften 3 year full inspection rule – after sector backlash

Poorly performing new apprenticeship providers will now only be left in no new business limbo for up to a year – not three, as Ofsted had previously said. The U-turn was confirmed today by Paul Joyce (pictured above), the education watchdog’s deputy director for FE and skills. “Where providers are judged to be making insufficient […]

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