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Small classes, staff budgets and governors’ skills in the spotlight as FE Commissioner issues progress review

FE Commissioner Dr David Collins has criticised small classes, big staffing spends and a skills shortage on governing boards in a letter to the sector. Dr Collins, who has so far visited  at least 10 colleges since his appointment last year, has written to governors, chief executives and colleges to update them on his progress. […]

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Another look at family learning impact

A report on family learning last year from Niace called for a huge expansion in family education programmes to improve child and adult numeracy, literacy and other key skills. Carol Taylor assesses the report’s impact eight months on. The first few years of life are vital for everyone’s future attainment and achievement. We cannot rely […]

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Ofsted to end lesson gradings in FE pilot

Ofsted is to ditch graded lesson observations in an FE and skills in a pilot following a University College Union (UCU) report that raised “serious questions about the fitness for purpose” of the practice. The education watchdog will, from September, be trying out inspections in the sector with no grading of teaching in individual sessions. […]

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Pilot for 16 to 19s after Career College blow

A London college is to launch its own pilot Career College after failing to make the cut for the first round of the new Lord Baker-inspired 14 to 19 institutions. When the former Conservative Education Secretary proposed Career Colleges in October, general FE colleges in Oldham, Oxford, Lambeth and Bromley were said to have expressed […]

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College bouncing back from inspection shock

A formerly outstanding college that in just four years plummeted to inadequate across the board has started moving in the right direction with an improved Ofsted rating. The 17,000-learner City of Liverpool College was hit with grade four (inadequate) ratings across each headline field in a shock Ofsted result in February last year. Among the […]

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It’s Brazil to lift the World Cup say FE and skills leaders in FE Week fundraiser

Brazilian magic will see the host nation lift the World Cup in just over a month’s time — that’s the overwhelming view of the FE and skills sector. Yes, Brazil, whose first game tomorrow night against Croatia will get the tournament under way, are the sector favourites to win the 2014 World Cup in Rio […]

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Gove seeks college help after latest UTC blow

Education Secretary Gove asks Bedford College to save UTC All Ofsted UTC results inadequate or requires improvement ‘Too early to critisize UTC programme’ — UTCs’ spokesperson   Education Secretary Michael Gove has called on a general FE college in Bedfordshire to save the latest University Technical College (UTC) to suffer Ofsted grading disappointment. A spokesperson […]

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Former principal of Warwickshire College steps in at troubled Lewisham and Southwark College (Lesoco)

Lesoco has brought in the former chair of the 157 Group to take over as interim consultant principal following the departure of Maxine Room. Ioan Morgan, who will be officially employed by the Association of Colleges’ (AoC) recruitment arm AoC Create, will take up the role at the college on Monday (June 9). Mr Morgan was principal […]

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Colleges and schools to put performance measures on website home pages

Colleges and schools will have to show key performance data on their website home pages under Department for Education (DfE) proposals that went out to consultation today. The at-a-glance post-16 measures will include students’ progress in academic subjects or Tech Levels as well as students’ average grades in each category. Colleges and school sixth forms would […]

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