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Kwik Fit returns to outstanding status — but says ‘no plans’ to run traineeships again

Garage chain Kwik Fit today returned to its former outstanding status with publication of its latest Ofsted report, having previously dropped to a grade three rating. The employer provider, which had a January Skills Funding Agency allocation of £1.6m, had made “considerable improvements” since inspectors’ October 2013 visit, the result of which meant Kwik Fit had […]

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Priory ordered to leave Trailblazer group

Priory Central Services has been ordered to leave the healthcare employers’ Trailblazer group after it was hit with a grade four Ofsted rating, FE Week can reveal. The employer provider, which runs the national medical chain that includes the famous London Priory rehabilitation centre attended by celebrities, has also been served with a notice of […]

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Look at inspection results, and look at management

Research in the last edition of FE Week showed how the proportion of new grade three results was up this year versus the same period last year. Jayne Stigger considers what might be behind this rise. It was reported in FE Week that 33 per cent of the 57 general FE colleges (GFEs), sixth form […]

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Pearson stops certificating higher education course at general FE college over grading and enrolment concerns

Pearson has stopped certificating a higher education course at Sussex Coast College Hastings (pictured) because of concerns over a “lack of rigour” with grading and enrolments. A report published by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) this month following an inspection in February was highly critical of the higher national certificate (HNC) in business (management) delivered […]

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The rise of the grade three provider — a sector-wide story

Click here to view the table The proportion of colleges and independent learning providers (ILPs) ordered to improve by Ofsted is on the rise, FE Week research has found. Sector bodies have raised concerns the trend in results so far this calender year versus the same period last year is evidence Ofsted has raised the […]

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Struggling colleges ‘in discussions’ amid area review call

A merger between two failing and nearby South East London colleges could be on the table with the FE Commissioner considering both their futures, FE Week can reveal. Dr David Collins has been sent into Greenwich Community College and Lewisham Southwark College in recent months after they both got disastrous grade four Ofsted results — […]

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Frontline jobs safe after A4e takeover but backroom at risk

The takeover of welfare-to-work provider A4e will not lead to frontline job losses, buyer Staffline has confirmed — but backroom posts from both companies could be in jeopardy, it said. The £35.4m deal, reported by FE Week last month, will make Nottingham-based recruitment service firm Staffline one of the biggest Department for Work and Pensions […]

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UCU hopes for end of competition with review

The University and College Union (UCU) has said it hopes FE Commissioner Dr David Collins’ city-wide review of vocational education under way in Nottingham could end “wasteful and unnecessary” competition between local providers. The review, revealed exclusively by feweek.co.uk this month, could lead to the merger of two of the city’s biggest colleges, New College […]

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Edition 136: Andrew Gower, Ela Piotrowska & Shobha Tynan

Former East Kent College vice principal Dr Andrew Gower has taken over the top job at South London’s Morley College. His appointment follows the announcement last year of former principal Ela Piotrowska’s retirement. Dr Gower began his career leading and teaching courses in music technology at Canterbury College and Kingston University. In 2002 he was […]

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