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Are Ofsted inspecting the waves or the sea?

Last week, a students’ union representative at a large college described to me a wonderful teacher who in every internal observation inspired students and observers alike, and was an amazing teacher for the students throughout the year. Come the last Ofsted inspection, after the build-up of pressures and mounting apprehension, the part of his teaching […]

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HTP Training’s ‘outstanding’ achievement

HTP Training is celebrating achieving a 95 per cent success rate for its apprentices – the best in Southern England. HTP which achieved ‘Outstanding, Grade 1’ status from Ofsted in 2008 is now one of the 12 best training providers in the UK. The announcement was made by Rachael Fidler, HTP’s managing director, during a […]

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Ofsted publishes new inspection framework

Ofsted is to reduce inspection notice periods from three weeks to two days. The change, which will be implemented from September, is set down in an amended Common Inspection Framework, released last week as part of the handbook for the inspection of further education and skills. Ofsted has already piloted “no notice” inspections, but Matthew […]

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Promise of pre-apprenticeship product

L-R: Graham Hoyle OBE, AELP, Martin Dunford,OBE, AELP, Sarah Benioff, NAS, David Russell, DfE and Martin Doel, AoC The skills minister said he had “unfinished business” with pre-apprenticeships on the first day of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) National Conference 2012. John Hayes MP said the government needed to provide a “better […]

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New inspection framework

Ofsted have released the new Common Inspection Framework as part of the Handbook for the inspection for further education and skills. Changes to the framework, which will be implemented from September, include the reduction of inspection notice periods from three weeks to two days and the replacement of the ‘satisfactory’ judgement with ‘requires improvement’. There […]

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Concern over VAT on FE loans

Learners taking out an FE loan next year could be forced to pay 20 per cent VAT if they study with an independent training provider, according to Graham Hoyle, Chief Executive of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) . The charge will be introduced as part of the “24+ advanced learning loan” scheme […]

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College’s shameful disregard for the rules

The findings in the Tenon report feel a little unsubstantiated in places. However, what the FE sector should be worried about is the underlying message and detailed data manipulation methods. Changing the ends dates of courses retrospectively, removing overseas or work-based learners from their ILR return and using transfer codes to remove students from specific […]

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Ofsted risk-assessment under spotlight

Declining Ofsted grades were at the forefront of the ‘FE & Skills Inspections’ Westminster Briefing conference, with recent statistics showing a drop of one or more grades at 65 per cent of colleges since January this year. Matthew Coffey, the director of development, learning and skills at Ofsted, said the fall in grades is because […]

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Great Debate on Teaching and Learning

Joy Mercer, AoC and Bob Powell, Holex, offered opinions and views from the floor Apprenticeships were fiercely debated at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) conference, with a diverse panel of experts exploring how to improve standards. Central to the debate was the question of quality. Members of the panel suggested that the […]

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