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Darlington College has recovered to an Ofsted ‘good’ rating a little over a year after it was branded ‘inadequate’. The education watchdog deemed the provider to be ‘good’ across the board and ‘outstanding’ in its delivery of adult learning programmes, in a report released on June 23. It was previously hit with a grade four […]
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AoC blames programme design after analysis shows they’re responsible for barely a quarter of starts AELP claims independent training providers best placed to make a success of under-fire scheme Barely a quarter of traineeship starts over the past three years were with colleges, analysis by FE Week has revealed. This startlingly low figure, which was […]
Ofsted’s chief inspector is set to call on the government to insist that every major multi-academy trust (MAT) includes a university technical college (UTC). Sir Michael Wilshaw will speak out on the issue during his speech, starting at 1:30pm today, at the Festival of Education. He will say: “The government should insist that every major multi-academy […]
The Association of Colleges is looking forward to “a new era for Ofsted” — after Education Secretary Nicky Morgan confirmed the government’s approval of Ofqual chair Amanda Spielman as the next chief inspector. Ms Morgan made the announcement on Friday (June 10), and ministers will now wait on agreement from the Commons education select committee […]
Two colleges in Somerset have completed a merger — but still appear to be struggling to agree on a new name. Somerset College and Bridgwater College officially became a single body on Tuesday (June 14). But a joint statement indicated that co-operation between them could still be improved upon – as no new name had […]
The chair and vice-chair of troubled Amersham and Wycombe College have both stepped down – but the college is refusing to say why. Jenese Joseph (pictured) was appointed chair of the college’s governing body in May 2014, but her name is now no longer listed on the college’s website, and nor is that of the […]
Lewisham Southwark College has seen its Ofsted rating go up a grade from its previous inadequate rating, with inspectors praising the “highly capable” new leadership team for turning around its fortunes. The education watchdog’s overall verdict of ‘requires improvement’ comes after the college had the dubious honour of being the first FE and skills provider […]
I was saddened but not surprised when the tenth inadequate Oftsed rating for an FE college was published. It is no secret that many colleges have struggled to come to terms a perfect storm of funding cuts and extensive government reforms to our sector. This has been exposed through a succession of dire Ofsted reports, […]
Opinion
The number of general further education colleges to have been branded ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted since September has hit double figures, exclusive FE Week analysis has revealed. College leaders have blamed the government’s increased focus on English and maths, pinning what they call “unfair” expectations on colleges for the rise in grade fours. Ten colleges have now […]
