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Tough new intervention trigger for FE Commissioner

The FE commissioner has new powers to trigger formal intervention, under tougher plans to enter colleges before they hit rock bottom. According to a new intervention policy, published by the Department for Education this morning, Richard Atkins will now be able to take formal action at a college that isn’t yet failing, but where a […]

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Ofsted Watch: ‘Good’ news all round for FE

It was ‘good’ news all round for FE this week as all inspected providers either maintained or improved their ratings to a grade two. Two colleges, which previously hit the headlines for management issues, were celebrating after boosting from ‘requires improvement’ to ‘good’. Its welcome news coming after FE Week revealed earlier this month that […]

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CITB retains ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating

The Construction Industry Training Board has held onto its ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted, in a report due to be officially published tomorrow. The report, which looked only at its apprenticeship provision that is all run through subcontractors, returned grade ones across the board. CITB was also rated grade one-overall in a report published January 2013. […]

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Learndirect’s apprenticeship achievement rates continue to fall, says Ofsted

Learndirect’s apprenticeship achievement rates have continued to fall, Ofsted has found in its first monitoring visit to the provider since its grade four earlier in the year. Inspectors revisited the nation’s biggest FE provider at the end of October, and noted several improvements, while highlighting various areas of concern. One of the most concerning findings […]

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Ofsted boost for college battling ‘financial crisis’

A major college that has been battling a financial crisis has clawed its way up to a ‘good’ Ofsted rating, four years after it tumbled from the top grade to the bottom. City of Liverpool College has experienced a rocky few years since its current principal Elaine Bowker took over in 2011, including two interventions […]

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Sheffield College chief executive resigns

The chief executive of a large general further education college in the north of England has resigned. The Sheffield College confirmed today that Paul Corcoran “has decided to resign” from his senior role, which he had held since June 2015. A spokesperson for the 16-000-learner college said it had accepted his resignation, and installed principal […]

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Budget 2017: Colleges to get level three maths funding boost

Colleges will get £600 for every extra student who studies maths at level three under a proposal due to be set out in today’s budget. According to The Daily Telegraph, the chancellor will announce the £177 million incentive as part of a bundle of new education measures. The money for maths skills will cover a […]

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Anxious wait for ‘hopeful’ FE sector ahead of budget

The FE sector faces an anxious wait before the budget is announced on November 22 after it united to make a last-ditch plea to reverse funding cuts. The Support our Sixth Formers campaign, backed by major players including the Association of Colleges and Sixth Form Colleges Association, as well as FE Week, wants a £200 […]

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Ofsted Watch: New leadership praised at improved college

Ofsted has commended the new leadership team at a London college as it moves up to be rated ‘good’ while the grades of other providers fell. Richmond-upon-Thames College climbed from grade three to grade two in a report published on November 17 which congratulated the new principal, senior management team and governors for their success […]

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