SEND college where students ‘do not feel safe’ judged ‘inadequate’ ‘Staff are sometimes too slow to take action when learners report bullying or harassment’
St John Ambulance faces apprentice recruitment suspension Ofsted found ‘insufficient’ progress at the country’s best-known first aid training charity
Auditing apprentice pay will not be part of routine inspections, Ofsted promises Compliance will only be looked at in ‘limited circumstances’
Ofsted to review how it inspects FE and skills, new strategy states In its new five-year strategy, Ofsted says it will inspect every college to check it’s meeting skills needs.
Recovering colleges’ latest Ofsted results One principal said they weren’t sure the Ofsted inspection was helpful or good value for money. Three colleges tell us their experience.
Ofsted slams SEND college for ‘highly inappropriate’ activities The watchdog found that students with special educational needs and disabilities were tube fed and medicated in classrooms in front of their peers and staff
Marine specialist takes aim at Ofsted after grade 4 report ‘The Ofsted report will mean that the Thames Marine Academy will no longer be able to offer these much needed apprenticeships to the marine industry’
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’