Tag: Ofsted watch

A major financial services training provider has been found to ‘require improvement’, in the only full FE and skills inspection report published this week. Elsewhere, an apprenticeships and adult learning provider was found to be making ‘insufficient progress’ in three themes under review, in a follow-up monitoring visit report. Kaplan Financial, which works with more […]

A loans-funded independent provider has received the lowest possible rating in its first ever inspection this week. And two apprenticeship providers have been found to be making ‘reasonable progress’ in all themes under review in early monitoring visits, in the only other reports published in the last seven days. Darlington-based Elms Associates Limited was rated […]

It’s been a good two weeks for employer providers, as two have received ‘good’ ratings following their first ever inspections.  The picture for independent learning providers is less positive, with both full inspection reports published in the last two weeks resulting in ‘inadequate’ verdicts.  Senior leaders and managers at Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Limited have […]

It’s been a ‘reasonable’ week for FE and skills, as two ‘new’ apprenticeship providers have been given the thumbs up following monitoring visits. Employer provider Flight Centre (UK) Limited was found to be making ‘reasonable progress’ in all areas under review in a report published August 3 and based on a visit in mid-July. The […]

Three ‘new’ apprenticeship providers have been found to be making ‘reasonable progress’ in all areas, while an adult and community learning provider has held onto its grade two rating this week. Monitoring visit reports into apprenticeship providers SIGTA Limited, FWD Training and Consultancy and Northwest Education and Training Limited were all published this week, with […]

A private provider has earned the ignominious honour this week of being rated ‘inadequate’ at its first ever inspection. And two “new” apprenticeships providers have fared little better, with both found to be making “insufficient progress” in at least one area, according in monitoring visit reports published this week. The Terri Brooke School of Nails […]

It’s been an ‘outstanding’ week for the FE and skills sector, as a specialist college has received the highest possible rating across the board. And an independent training provider has gone straight in with a grade two on its first ever inspection. Hartpury College was rated grade one overall and in all areas inspected in […]

An adult and community learning provider has boosted its grade to ‘good’ in a positive week for the FE and skills sector, as two providers received glowing reports following monitoring visits of their apprenticeship provision. Hackney London Borough Council was rated grade two across the board, up from its previous ‘requires improvement’ rating, in a […]