Tag: Ofsted watch

Two NHS trusts have been put in intensive care this week, following poor Ofsted reports – one a monitoring visit, the other a full inspection. Elsewhere, a trio of providers have maintained their grade three ratings for at least the second inspection in a row. Walsall NHS Trust was rated ‘inadequate’ across the board for […]

An independent provider has been rated ‘outstanding’ in its first ever inspection report, while all the other full reports published over the festive period returned a ‘good’ rating. A bumper crop of early monitoring visit reports have also been published – one that resulted in a ‘significant progress’ verdict in all areas, while at the […]

Three providers – including two colleges – have boosted their grades from three to two this week, while one provider went the other way. Elsewhere it’s been a busy week for monitoring visits, with nine reports published – six for new apprenticeship visits, and three for grade three providers. MidKent College and Northampton College were […]

A private training provider has received a grade four in its first ever Ofsted report this week, as three other providers stayed grade at three – two for the third time. Elsewhere, there was better news for a local authority provider which saw its grade go up from ‘requires improvement’ to ‘good’. Training 4 U […]

It’s been a ‘good’ week for sixth form colleges, with a pair of grade two verdicts following full inspections. At the opposite end of the spectrum, an independent provider has received the lowest possible grade in the only other full inspection report published this week. Longley Park Sixth Form College, in Sheffield, was rated ‘good’ […]

It’s been a bad week for the FE and skills sector, with a trio of reports returning ‘inadequate’ grades and a major private university found to be making ‘insufficient progress’ in its apprenticeships. Elsewhere, two providers have seen their ratings go up from ‘requires improvement’ to ‘good’, while seven monitoring visit reports have been published. […]

In a week that celebrated colleges two improved to ‘good’, but it’s been difficult for apprenticeship training providers with three more damning monitoring reports published. Both Bury College and Middlesbrough College have improved from a grade three to a grade two while apprenticeship providers Construction Gateway, NSL and Invisage all received ‘insufficient’ results from Ofsted, […]

It’s been a mostly positive week for FE and skills, with one provider receiving a grade two on its first ever full inspection and five early monitoring visit reports returning ‘reasonable’ grades. The only blemishes on this otherwise glowing picture are two apprenticeship providers found to be making ‘insufficient’ progress. Leaders at independent learning provider […]