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Six more FE colleges listed by EFA as ‘intending to deliver’ 14 to 16 provision

A further six general FE colleges have been listed by the Education Funding Agency (EFA) as intending to take on learners from the age of 14. The EFA yesterday published an updated list of FE colleges intending to start ‘direct recruitment’ of full-time younger learners for 2015/16. The six new providers are Cambridge Regional College […]

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Stockton-based FE college joins with independent learning provider after 18 months of talks

Stockton Riverside College has merged with independent learning provider (ILP) the NETA (formerly North East Training Association) Training Trust after 18 months of “talks” between the grade two Ofsted rated providers. A joint statement released this morning by Phil Cook, principal of the FE college, and Frank Ramsay, chief executive of Stockton-based NETA, confirmed the […]

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Greenwich Community College to ‘merge into’ Bromley College of Further and Higher Education

Plans have been announced for struggling Greenwich Community College to “merge into” Bromley College of Further and Higher Education. Basic details of the “merger proposal” for the South East London colleges were announced this morning, but a spokesperson for Bromley has now told FE Week how it anticipates this working. He said that the Greenwich […]

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National training provider and major retailer both ‘inadequate’ says Ofsted

A national training provider has plummeted from an Ofsted outstanding rating to inadequate, while employer provider Next has also been told its apprenticeships aren’t up to scratch in inspection reports published today. The education watchdog also found that the Marine Society College of the Sea had made “reasonable progress” since getting a grade four in November. […]

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Ofsted monitoring visit finds ‘reasonable’ level of improvement for learners at Lewisham Southwark College

Ofsted has recognised a “reasonable” level of improvement for learners in all areas in its latest monitoring visit report on Lewisham Southwark College. The college, previously named Lesoco, became the first FE and skills provider to be branded inadequate by Ofsted twice in a row earlier this year. In a report on an inspection in […]

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Government accused of ‘making a mockery’ of sixth form college financial planning following damning new survey

The government has been accused “making a mockery” of sixth form college (SFC) financial planning after a survey revealed more than a third of SFCs fear they will cease to be a going concern by 2020. Daphne King, principal of East Norfolk SFC (ENSFC), in Gorleston, spoke out in response to the Sixth Form Colleges’ Association […]

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Southwark Council blasts college over ‘rejected’ demerger plans

Southwark Council has hit out at Lewisham Southwark College in a row over its allegedly rejected plan to split the college in two. Southwark Council published proposals last month to de-merge Lewisham Southwark College and which would put the council in charge of contracting out provision for the parts that used to be Southwark College […]

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Barnfield College criticised over football deal

Barnfield College has come under fire for spending public money on a sponsorship deal with its local football team. The college was forced to defend itself when Luton Town football club fans took to social media to express their anger after the college was revealed last week as the sponsor for the club’s shirts for the […]

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Provider hit with grade three Ofsted rating after concern raised about learner safeguarding failures

Independent learning provider t2 Business Solutions has been hit with a grade three Ofsted rating after concern was raised about failures to safeguard learners and vulnerable adults. The report published today on the Cardiff-based provider rated its health and social care apprenticeships provision as ‘good’, and employability training including traineeships as ‘outstanding’. But t2, which […]

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