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Cambridge sixth form still ‘outstanding’ in first Ofsted inspection since 2006 

‘It’s wonderful to see the hard work of our staff and students recognised in this way’

News, Ofsted

Inspectors find ‘enormous and enduring’ failures in prison education

Education and prisons inspectors joined forces to criticise the quality of reading education for prisoners and the found most in need are overlooked.

News, Prison education

Sally Dicketts, chief executive, Activate Learning

Sally Dicketts, who steps down as chief executive of Activate Learning this month, talks to Jess Staufenberg about getting staff development right – and where she found her two life-changing coaches I clearly remember first meeting Sally Dicketts. It was last year at the Association of Colleges’ conference, where, as president since 2020, she was […]

Profiles

Low apprenticeship achievement rates will not impact Ofsted grades, chief inspector promises

‘Our framework does not require inspectors to use achievement rates to make a judgement’

News, AAC2022, Apprenticeships

Can we reduce learner dropout without increasing trainer workload?

Training managers end up struggling with caseloads due to the volume of reporting required, writes Brad Tombling The training provider sector is critical to delivering the full skills complement needed to run tomorrow’s private and public sector businesses.    The future of the training industry is optimistic. But there are some operational and policy-induced hurdles […]

Opinion, AAC2022, Apprenticeships

Parents of older learners will be sceptical about the SEND review

The fight for resources becomes harder the older students become – making the SEND review especially critical for this group, write Rachel Amos and Janvi Patel With a long trail of delays behind it, the government’s SEND review is billed to finally arrive this year, evaluating the support system for those students with special educational […]

Opinion, SEND

Ofsted downgrades new provider after ESFA apprentice pay tip-off

Frustration over blurred ESFA and Ofsted roles

News, Ofsted

DfE’s ‘bizarre’ BAME apprenticeships strategy

Plans to strengthen ethnic minority representation in campaign imagery and make use of ‘influencers’

News, Apprenticeships, Inclusion

New apprenticeship provider jumps from ‘insufficient’ to Ofsted ‘outstanding’

“Going from the verge of the business going bust to an ‘outstanding’ is an incredible feat”

News, Ofsted