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Ofsted issues warning over ‘misleading’ tweet

Ofsted is set to warn the boss of a London-based subcontractor to remove a Twitter post that wrongly suggested her firm had received a “successful” visit from the education watchdog. Krissy Charles-Jones (pictured), chief executive of Bright Assessing, tweeted on December 12 last year to thank her team for “such a successful Ofsted”. And the […]

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Opposite ends but same Ofsted results joy

Two general FE colleges at opposite ends of England have received glowing Ofsted reports. York College and Weston College, in Somerset, were both rated outstanding following inspections by the education watchdog at the end of last year. In both cases, the ratings were improvements on gradings of good from preceding inspections. York, with grade one […]

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Marketing ‘FE’s best-kept secret’ — have we got the seven Ps right on traineeships?

Why have traineeships had such a poor take-up, asks Ruth Sparkes. Traineeships were supposed to be ‘the next big thing’ for FE. You may be forgiven for thinking that traineeships were a government knee-jerk reaction to our shocking youth unemployment figures. While it may well be the case that 59 per cent of young people […]

Opinion

Former college chief calls for Ofsted changes

Ofsted’s complaints process has been branded as “utterly pointless” by the chief executive who dared to boot inspectors out of her college. In her first interview about the notorious 2012 inspection of NCG (formerly Newcastle College Group), Dame Jackie Fisher (pictured left) told Rebecca Cooney (pictured right) from FE Week how she felt there was an […]

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Further scrutiny after Barnfield College finance claims

The FE Commissioner began scrutinising Barnfield College at the end of this week, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has announced. The Bedfordshire-based college has been under investigation by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and the Education Funding Agency (EFA) following allegations of poor financial management and the investigation report is expected to be published […]

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Administered college gets ‘direct’ role in sale of provision

Troubled K College is back on the market — this time with its own corporation playing a greater role in the sale after the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) tendering process proved unsuccessful last year. Three bidders had approached the SFA to take on the college after a competitive tendering process, but talks ended without agreement. […]

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Inspectors get college careers advice guidance

Ofsted inspectors have been issued new guidance on judging colleges’ provision of independent careers guidance. According to the education watchdog, its revised handbook for inspectors visiting FE providers has undergone “minor clarifications” in areas like good practice visits, re-inspection monitoring visits and the reporting process. And it has also seen the introduction of a section […]

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Outstanding Ofsted rating for social care

Dudley College has been praised by Ofsted for its impressive student support services. Inspectors carried out a social care inspection on the Midland college in November last year and their report, which has now been published, gave it an “outstanding” rating. They assessed the overall level of support for learners, promotion of diversity, and standards […]

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From inadequate to good in little more than a year

Just over a year ago, South Worcestershire College was deemed by Ofsted to be inadequate. A host of measures, including a possible merger, were subsequently set in motion before Ofsted inspectors revisited and handed out a new, good grading, explains Viv Gillespie. We were graded as good in our Ofsted inspection report in early December […]

Opinion