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GCSEs need ‘flexibility and functionality

Ofsted’s careers guidance boss has called for “flexibility and functionality” in English and maths GCSEs. Karen Adriaanse, the education watchdog’s national lead for careers guidance, told MPs on the House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee how she thought the government could improve adult literacy and numeracy. “One of the things that government […]

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Learners could compare colleges and schools under Ofsted proposals

Ofsted has today launched a consultation on much-anticipated proposals that would allow learners to compare the post-16 performance of general FE colleges with schools. The education watchdog is looking at introducing separate judgements for sixth forms in its school inspection reports. As reported in FE Week last year, the extra grade would reverse a decision […]

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Peter Mayhew-Smith, principal, Kingston College and Carshalton College

“The trouble with me is, I reckon I’m probably one of your most boring interviewees,” Peter Mayhew-Smith tells me with an apologetic grin. “I have travelled almost zero miles in my career.” He means this literally — he was born in Teddington, just two miles away from Kingston College, across the Thames, and 10 miles […]

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Inadequate appeal rejected by Ofsted

A large London college has had its appeal against an Ofsted inadequate grading thrown out. LeSoCo, formed through a merger of Lewisham and Southwark colleges in 2012, was warned by inspectors in January about English and maths provision. However, issuing an appeal, principal Maxine Room argued the criticism had overshadowed the rest of the college’s […]

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How far have we gone in achieving a careers guidance ‘culture change’?

Six months after the National Careers Council called for a “culture change” in careers guidance, Deirdre Hughes, in light of a new report from the council, gives an overview of what has changed.   In June 2013 the National Careers Council, set up by government to advise on how careers provision for young people and […]

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The DNA of good apprenticeships

As the sector celebrates apprenticeships, Phil Romain looks at what makes for a good one. My passion for apprenticeships stems from my own experiences. I was fortunate to have had an outstanding apprenticeship in a company where many of the directors and senior managers were ex-apprentices themselves. This led me to a career in engineering, […]

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The DNA of good apprenticeships

As the sector celebrates apprenticeships, Phil Romain looks at what makes for a good one. My passion for apprenticeships stems from my own experiences. Some apprenticeship schemes I have inspected are world-beaters and, dare I say, better than Germany’s — but far too many are not” I was fortunate to have had an outstanding apprenticeship […]

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Dame Jackie Fisher, chief executive, Barnfield Federation

Dame Jackie Fisher, describes herself as “an outsider to the system looking in”. Coming from the well-known former chief of one of the largest college groups in England, NGC (formerly Newcastle College Group), who was named a dame for her services to education in 2010, it’s a bit of a surprise. “I don’t like rules […]

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Two years after pilot success, at last it’s official — Exeter College is outstanding

Exeter College need no longer bite its lip after watching Walsall College take credit for the first ‘outstanding’ Ofsted result under a tough new inspection regime nearly a year after it had already achieved the feat. The Devon college today won outstanding status having earned the top grade in early 2012 after a pilot no-notice inspection […]

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