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Further Education Commissioner Dr David Collins (pictured) has revealed how a London college’s projected bank balance was overestimated by £3m as he called on Skills Minister Nick Boles to place it into administered status. Mr Boles followed Dr Collins’ advice on Greenwich Community College after he told the minister of “serious problems — both in terms of […]
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Stoke on Trent College has welcomed Kevin Smith as its new principal. Mr Smith, who has more than 25 years’ experience in education, will support chief executive Sarah Robinson, allowing her to dedicate more time to the strategic future of the college, according to a college spokesperson. In his most recent role as vice principal […]
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The Association of Colleges (AoC) has called for clarity over proposed new rules that could see college staff jailed for failing to report sexual abuse of learners. Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a consultation on plans to extend the new criminal offence of ‘wilful neglect’ to cover those who work in education — but […]
Barnfield College is “looking to forge new relationships” with partners in the education sector after Whitehall rubber-stamped its split from a chain of academies and studio school. Skills Minister Nick Boles officially approved the break-up of the Barnfield Federation, which means the Barnfield Academy Trust and Barnfield College, its original sponsor, are now separate entities. […]
The FE sector has to face up to low levels of literacy and numeracy among staff if it wants to improve learners’ maths and English, an Ofsted official has warned. Marina Gaze, Ofsted’s deputy director for skills and FE made the comments at the BKSB Skills Conference focussing on English and maths. Ms Gaze’s comments […]
A University Technical College (UTC) which had to be rescued by its local FE college after a damning Ofsted report could be on its way out of special measures, inspectors have said. A monitoring visit report on Central Bedfordshire UTC came out on March 2, revealing it had made “reasonable progress” since an inspection in […]
A Hampshire sixth form college has had to go back to the drawing board in its search for a partner with Sixth Form College Commissioner Peter Mucklow having warned it could not function alone financially. Totton College principal Mike Gaston (pictured below, left) announced in December that his college would be seeking a partnership and […]
Hartlepool Sixth Form College focused too much on getting students through the doors and not of the quality of provision, the sixth form college commissioner has said. The college, which was slapped with an inadequate Ofsted grading in November, was visited by commissioner Peter Mucklow on February 28. In his report, published today, Mr Mucklow […]
Two independent learning providers are celebrating being named on a prestigious list of the UK’s best companies to work for. Hit Training and ACT Training have both made it onto the Sunday Times 100 “best companies to work for” list for 2015. For Shoreham-by-Sea-based Hit Training it is the second year running it has been […]
