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College governors have been given a three-point improvement plan in a joint 157 Group and Ofsted report on good practice in the sector. The report, released today, advises governors to “be clear about what constitutes outstanding teaching, learning and assessment, and look at each component of the definition separately.” It also calls for governors confident about […]
News
A half-day workshop with more than 40 FE college governors, principals and clerks has resulted in a new report from the 157 Group and Ofsted. Andy Gannon discusses its key findings and recommendations. Today, we published The Leadership of Teaching, Learning and Assessment by Governors. The report is the latest in a series which we […]
Opinion
The principal of LeSoCo in south east London is to stand down at the end of the academic year, the college’s governors have announced. Maxine Room has been in the role at the 17,000-learner college, which has a current Skills Funding Agency allocation of £26.2m, for five years, and oversaw the merger which joined Lewisham […]
A college principal has hit out at proposed changes to the way the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) reports and calculates provider success rates. Harlow College principal Karen Spencer said the changes, designed to make comparisons between providers easier to understand, would make the system “overly complex”. Success rates, which measure how many students starting a […]
A new principal has been appointed at an Oldham College-sponsored academy. Colette Burgess is due to take over from Nigel McQuoid at the Waterhead Academy this autumn. Ms Burgess is currently principal of The Oldham Academy North, and her new appointment was announced by Alun Francis, principal of the Ofsted grade one-rated Oldham College. […]
Movers and Shakers
The hospitality industry doesn’t seem like the most likely place to find a qualified chartered accountant who has sailed around the world and partied with Duran Duran, but it’s a sector which has always been close to Jill Whittaker’s heart. The managing director and co-founder of Sussex-based HIT Training first joined HCTP in 1998, but […]
Profiles
There remains “more to be done” to improve careers advice and guidance in England, the Department for Education’s most senior civil servant has conceded. Chris Wormald (pictured), who is permanent secretary to the department, made comments about the state of careers advice when he faced questions from MPs at a meeting of the Education Select […]
Governors will have greater access to performance information on their institutions with Ofsted’s launch of an online dashboard expected to take place on Monday (May 8). The Data Dashboard has been designed to allow governors to assess how the provider is meeting the economic needs of its local area and the priorities set out by […]
Prison learning practitioners attended a conference organised by the Prisoner Learning Alliance (PLA) last month. Alexandra Marks outlines the FE and skills sector concerns that emerged. Ofsted Inspector Stephen Miller, addressing a conference of 200 delegates including prison education professionals and managers, highlighted many challenges to those teaching in prisons — classes fluctuating as prisoners […]
