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A struggling London college is still trying to engineer a merger with a group based almost 300 miles away in Newcastle, despite rejecting offers from both a neighbouring college and a nearby university. Lewisham Southwark College, which last year became the first college ever to receive two ‘inadequate’ ratings from Ofsted in a row, has […]
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With Prevent and British values still in the spotlight, now is a bad time to lose the National Council of Faiths and Beliefs in Further Education, says Sam Parrett. As we approach the end of an extremely busy term, and indeed year, I am saddened to learn that the National Council of Faiths and Beliefs […]
Opinion
Ofsted does not “paint a complete picture” of success, according to a group of colleges which has just absorbed an institution with a grade three rating. The Collab Group announced on November 21 that South Essex College had become its 34th member, the first in the group’s history to be allowed to join with a […]
The FE commissioner is attempting to drum up support for a three-way merger that was cancelled after one of the colleges involved was handed a grade four rating from Ofsted. The education watchdog gave Hereward College, based in Coventry, its lowest possible rating in a report that was published November 21. It had been in […]
A struggling Greater Manchester college has dropped back down to ‘inadequate’, Ofsted inspectors have found. Stockport College was hit with the grade four verdict in a report published today. It leaves the college’s future looking as uncertain as ever after the report stated: “The college is still in administered status and will be dependent on […]
Inspectors have warned that the future of Central Sussex College “remains uncertain”, in a new Ofsted report. A ‘requires improvement’ (grade three) verdict-overall was returned today on the provider. Grave doubts about the long-term viability of the college, which had around 3,600 learners at the time of inspection, emerged from the report. It said: “Since the […]
Pearson has recovered two grades from its previous ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating for its apprenticeship provision. The global education business was in January ranked ‘inadequate’ across the board by the education watchdog. But it was inspected again last month, and the report out today returned a unanimous ‘good’ verdict. It said: “Leaders and managers have implemented successfully […]
The college that came out bottom in FE Week’s national college league table, unveiled just four days ago, has slumped from ‘good’ to ‘inadequate’ in a new Ofsted report. Hereward College was only given a grade two rating last January – but it received the lowest possible overall rating in a report out today that […]
The eight RSCs work closely with the national schools commissioner Sir David Carter, who put in two appearances at this year’s AoC conference. He took part in a fringe session for sixth form colleges about academies, and addressed delegates from the main stage on November 15. In the first session, he answered questions about the […]
