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Principals scratch their heads over new improvement teams

FE leaders warn Labour’s regional improvement teams risk duplicating oversight already performed by the FE Commissioner

News, Colleges

ASCL joins Ofsted preparation ‘cottage industry’ it once criticised

Watchdog urges leaders not to ‘spend limited resources’ on preparing for inspection after union launches paid-for webinars

News, Ofsted

Careers can’t be a one-person job…so we’ve made it everyone’s job

Tick-box careers guidance won’t cut it. If we want the Gatsby Benchmarks to work in workplace learning, accountability has to run from the boardroom to the frontline

Opinion, Careers guidance

‘Inadequate’ apprenticeship provider accuses Ofsted of creating ‘state of fear’

The firm unsuccessfully contested the rating

News, Ofsted

To pay or not to pay? The ‘divisive’ question of college governor remuneration

Relying on unpaid volunteers to hold college executive teams to account is either an important matter of principle or an outmoded concept that fails to reflect the scale of current challenges. Jessica Hill reports

Feature, News, Governance, Long read

Achievement rate is a broken metric. It’s time to judge apprenticeships by pass rates

For too long, achievement rates have distorted what quality in apprenticeships really means, punishing providers who take risks and serve those who need them most. If Ofsted is serious about quality, the pass rate – not retention – should take centre stage

Opinion, Apprenticeships

FE to get ‘extra £800m’ next year as Starmer ‘scraps’ 50% uni target

PM replaces Blair’s mantra with a new goal that includes FE and apprenticeships and teases post-16 white paper plans

News, Skills reform

Report cards: Q&A with Ofsted national director Lee Owston

One of Ofsted’s most senior officials speaks about FE’s new inspection regime, a month before it comes into force

News, Ofsted

No improvement for education of young offenders

Most institutions are stuck in a ‘vicious cycle’ of isolation and frustration

News, Prison education