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Ofsted appears to back colleges in Progress 8 battle

The credibility of a major new government progress measure is at stake after a college labelled as one of the worst in the country for teaching 14- to 16-year-olds has been rated ‘outstanding’ for its provision by Ofsted. The watchdog couldn’t praise Leeds City College highly enough for its “direct entry” provision in a report […]

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Merger bulletin: the colleges in need of a partner

The area reviews of post-16 education and training ended last March. They were designed to establish “fewer, often larger, more resilient and efficient providers”, but one year on from that final meeting of the steering group, there are more than a few financially challenged still struggling to find merger partners. FE Week looked at what’s […]

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Twelve providers now have chartered status

A twelfth provider has achieved FE chartered status: Manchester’s Mantra Learning. The floodgates have seemingly started to open at the Chartered Institution for Further Education, after three attained the status last month: WMC – The Camden College, Trafford College, and Burton and South Derbyshire College. They are all rated either ‘outstanding’ or ‘good’ by Ofsted. […]

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AAC2018: Some apprentices might not have an end-point assessor this year, IfA admits

A “very small number” of apprentices could reach the end of their course in the next year without an organisation in place to deliver their final exams, the Institute for Apprenticeships’ boss has admitted. But Sir Gerry Berragan, who gave the opening address at FE Week’s Annual Apprenticeships Conference, promised the IfA was “on the […]

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Anne Milton announces FE funding review

The government is launching a review into how the current system of funding for FE meets the costs of “high-quality” provision, Anne Milton has revealed. The skills minister announced the plans in the House of Commons today during educations questions, after she was asked what the Department for Education had made of “recent trends” in […]

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Ofsted Watch: Five providers improve to grade ‘good’

It was mostly a week of celebration for FE providers, as five rose to ‘good’ Ofsted ratings. Two of them achieved the feat in their first ever inspection. However, one private provider fell to the ‘inadequate’, and another was brutally criticised in Ofsted’s first early-monitoring visit report on a newcomer to apprenticeships, prompting ministerial intervention. […]

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Ofsted is vital to good apprenticeship provision – now more than ever

Key6 Group was found to be “not fit for purpose” – and the majority of their 200+ recruits weren’t even aware that they were on an apprenticeship. The inspectorate has really shown what makes it so vital, by visiting so quickly and choosing to make public its first report into a new apprenticeship provider. And […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Minister intervenes to block new apprenticeship provider from taking recruits

Anne Milton has stepped in to stop a provider from taking on any new apprentices, after it was criticised in Ofsted’s first early-monitoring visit report on a newcomer to apprenticeships. The apprenticeships minister made it clear that the government had decided swift action was needed against Merseyside’s Key6 Group. “All apprenticeship training must be fit […]

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Boss of Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College to step down

The chief executive of one of London’s largest colleges has announced plans to leave at the end of the academic year to take up the same position at a much smaller college in the south west. Garry Phillips will leave Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College in the summer in preparation for his move to […]

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