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Three apprenticeship providers slammed for off-the-job shortcomings

Three private training providers have been slammed by Ofsted over the past week for failing to meet apprenticeship off-the-job training rules.   England’s biggest apprenticeship provider, Lifetime Training, was among those criticised for not meeting the requirement in a grade three report published last Friday.   One To One Support Services Limited, which provides domiciliary care services, […]

Hampshire college retains ‘outstanding’ grade a decade after last Ofsted inspection

Farnborough College of Technology retains ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating a decade after last

SEND college judged ‘inadequate’ after Ofsted finds issues of neglect and ‘uninspiring’ curriculum

Concerns raised over neglect, hygiene and curriculum at My Life Learning in Wigan.

AELP conference highlights: Leaders talk funding rate review, the levy and staffing crisis

Ofsted, AoC, IfATE and CBI among speakers at AELP conference

Ofsted to hit England’s largest apprenticeship provider with grade 3

Quality concerns found at Lifetime Training, which delivers to big-name employers and the civil service

7 ways to challenge college culture and get back to ‘good’

In 2019 I left higher education to become chief executive of the UK’s biggest national FE college group, comprising seven colleges. The year previously, Ofsted had downgraded NCG to ‘requires improvement’. A significant step change was required for the colleges all to reach the threshold for a ‘good’ grade. NCG’s two challenges were sustainable financial […]

Theme: Ofsted

Three apprenticeship providers slammed for off-the-job shortcomings

Hampshire college retains ‘outstanding’ grade a decade after last Ofsted inspection

SEND college judged ‘inadequate’ after Ofsted finds issues of neglect and ‘uninspiring’ curriculum

AELP conference highlights: Leaders talk funding rate review, the levy and staffing crisis

Ofsted to hit England’s largest apprenticeship provider with grade 3

7 ways to challenge college culture and get back to ‘good’

City and Guilds-owned apprenticeship provider falls two Ofsted grades

SEND college jumps from ‘requires improvement’ to ‘outstanding’ in three years

Three colleges remain ‘outstanding’ more than a decade after last Ofsted visits