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Ofsted inspectors rate early years nursery as outstanding

Birmingham toddlers are getting outstanding care at a college nursery has been recognised with a grade one rating by Ofsted. The nursery was rated by Ofsted inspectors, who praised the “interesting learning activities” for children and a good relationship between parents and staff. As well as providing care for learners’ and members of staff’s children, […]

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Edition 92: John Denning, Stephen Caswell

A magistrate football fan and chartered surveyor has been announced as the new governors’ chair at Guildford College Group. John Denning  has been elected to the post and will take over from Stephen Caswell at the end of his term next month. Mr Denning has been a college governor since March 2013 and is an […]

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Looking at inspections from the ‘other side of the fence’

It’s one thing being inspected by Ofsted — and feeling aggrieved by the process or outcome — but it’s another thing to be carrying out the inspection and potentially exposing managing directors and principals to the ugly truth about their organisations. Here, just weeks after ex-Newcastle College Group chief executive Dame Jackie Fisher revealed why […]

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Boss speaks out over payments ‘dispute’

The managing director of a London-based independent learning provider has defended his firm after details of an alleged subcontractor payment dispute emerged. James Clements Smith, of Prevista Ltd, a lead provider allocated £3.8m by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) this academic year, confirmed there was an issue, but claimed to have paid all subcontractors “in […]

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Hayes in FE ‘comeback’ after year out

Former Skills Minister John Hayes has called for more to be done to improve careers advice for young people in what he jokingly called his “comeback” to FE. Speaking on FE and skills for the first time since leaving the role, Mr Hayes said the sector had a lot to be proud of. But, Mr […]

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Edition 91: Julie Robinson, Steve Whitehead

  Greater Manchester independent learning provider has appointed a new chief executive. Julie Robinson  has taken the helm at Bolton-based Alliance Learning having risen through the ranks from sales and marketing manager 20 years ago. She started her career at Gullick Dobson as an office junior before joining Alliance Learning in 1994 as a sales […]

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Phil Frier, interim principal, K College

On the office wall of K College principal Phil Frier hangs a picture of Mount Everest. It’s a reminder of both his gruelling ascent to its base camp last year — 5,364m above sea level — and a comforting metaphor that even the most apparently impossible of challenges can be overcome. It’s also picture that […]

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What can Ofsted learn from its own complaints system?

Last week, ex-NCG (Newcastle College Group) chief executive Jackie Fisher spoke exclusively to FE Week about her notorious 2012 Ofsted inspection. She explained why she booted the education watchdog out of the college mid-inspection before calling for the Ofsted complaints-handling procedure to become more transparent. Here, Policy Consortium trio Colin Forrest, Mike Cooper and Carolyn […]

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New Ofsted FE case studies highlight quality teaching and learning

Ofsted and the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) have teamed up to share examples of good practice in vocational teaching and learning with a new set of case studies. Ten best practice examples, in which workplace-relevant skills were key, were released today having been handpicked by a panel of experts, including members from the Commission on Adult […]

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