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Ofsted's Falling Standards Flag 'Insecure' Award-winning journalism from the only newspaper dedicated to further education and skills FEWEEK.CO.UK | MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2015 | EDITION 125 Looking into taking FE tech talks Ofsted’s leadership risks Page 4 @ bett 2015 Pages 6 & 7 Gaze Pages 10 & 11 Snap happy Sam South Cheshire College photography student Sam Preston has had his work snapped up by the world’s largest stock photo website. The 16-year-old first year BTec level three learner had sent his photos (pictured) to Alamy.com. Sam said: “I’m really pleased — it’s great to gain this international recognition.” Voting has been extended in the FE Week and Me photo competition, which now closes on Wednesday, January 28. Visit feweek.co.uk to cast your vote. ofsted’s falling standards flag ‘insecure’ @paulofford the education watchdog to the need for for 2013/14. An Ofsted spokesperson declined to [email protected] reinspection long before last month. Former Ofsted FE and skills inspector Phil comment on whether its warning system Barry Lord-Gambles, contracts director for Hatton, who now works as an adviser at the failed with FCT and VL, but said: “We Ofsted’s system for flagging up falling VL, said: “The current regime of inspections Learning Improvement Service, said: “The prioritise those providers judged to require standards has been described as offering is of no benefit to providers. It provides a very reports on FCT and VL both mention that improvement or be inadequate to help raise an “insecure comfort blanket” after two insecure comfort blanket. Regular mini- the proportion of learners completing their standards in FE. Those providers judged to be formerly outstanding providers fell straight to inspections [for grade one-rated providers] apprenticeship has fallen significantly over outstanding are not routinely inspected.” inadequate having gone uninspected for a total would ensure that providers can stay on track three years. This should have made it evident A spokesperson for the Association of of more than 12 years. and keep up with current Ofsted thinking.” He to the Education Funding Agency (EFA), Employment and Learning Providers said: The grade-four-across-the-board results for added: “To go from a grade one to four seems Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and Ofsted that “We have made it clear to Ofsted that more Four Counties Training Limited (FCT), in a long way to travel and we cannot emphasise something was going seriously wrong, at clarity as to when inspections might fall is West London, and Venture Learning Limited the effect on staff, learners and employers.” both, for some time. It raises the question of needed.” (VL), in Greater Manchester, both came out on Overall apprenticeship success rates for ‘why wasn’t this picked up on?’ so that Ofsted The Ofsted spokesperson said: “We will only Wednesday (January 21). the 1066-learner FCT, which received £1.3m of inspected sooner.” inspect an outstanding provider when there is Inspectors visited on December 1, which Adult Skills Budget (ASB) funding and £259,859 It comes six months after FE Week revealed a clear basis to do so.” was six years and nine months after Ofsted 16 to 18 apprenticeship funding for 2013/14, had how former EFA-funded provider Chelmer An EFA spokesperson said it had terminated was last at FCT and five years and 10 months fallen from 87.3 per cent in 2010/11 to 71.1 per Training, which also plummeted straight from its contract with FCT. An SFA spokesperson since it was last at VL — with both inspections cent by 2012/13. And they went from 76.1 per outstanding to inadequate, had escaped a visit said no decision had been made on whether resulting in outstanding grades. But FE cent in 2010/11 to 69.5 per cent in 2012/13 at the for eight years despite success rates more it would cut ties with VL and FCT, which Week has discovered falling success rates 195-learner VL, which received £122,934 ASB than 10 percentage points below the national declined to comment. at both providers that should have alerted and £661,313 16 to 18 apprenticeship funding average in 2010/11. See editor’s comment on page 8 FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference and Exhibition 2015 THE FLAGSHIP CONFERENCE OF NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEK DON’T DELAY BOOK TODAY DATE: March 9 to 10, 2015 VENUE: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster, London For more information and to register visit feweekaac2015.co.uk SEE PAGE 5 2 @FEWEEK FE WEEK MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2015 Edition 125 NEWS FE WEEK News in brief Gateway relaunch BOLES ASKED TO CLARIFY SIXTH FORM The Education and Training Foundation is FE WEEK team due to relaunch the Excellence Gateway next COLLEGE VAT EXEMPTION TALKS month. Editor: Chris Henwood The searchable library of resources Head designer: Nicky Phillips @paulofford of the Drop the Learning Tax campaign was transferred the foundation when the [email protected] currently being run by the SFCA, whose Designer: Rob Galt Learning and Skills Improvement Service deputy chief executive, James Kewin, told closed in 2013. Old legacy sites will be Sub editor: Paul Offord The Sixth Form Colleges’ Association (SFCA) FE Week: “We have written to the minister switched off in March, but resources such Reporters: Freddie Whittaker has written to Skills Minister Nick Boles in asking him to clarify the remarks made at as ‘Readwriteplus’, ‘Move on’ and the Rebecca Cooney a bid to clarify his comments to fellow MPs education questions. ‘Teaching and Learning Programme’ will Billy Camden about the issue of a VAT exemption for its “I can only assume that he is looking join newly-commissioned material on the members. into the possibility of allowing sixth form new site, which will be available at www. Photographer: Ellis O’Brien Mr Boles said he was prepared to discuss colleges to become academies, something excellencegateway.org.uk. Financials: Helen Neilly the matter with the “fierce” Treasury as he the government told us was not possible last Victoria Boyle answered Labour MP Kelvin Hopkins during year.” SFA cap scrapped Sales manager: Hannah Smith an education questions session at the House He added: “The commitment from Mr Boles The Skills Funding Agency is scrapping its monthly learner cap after providers said Sales executive: Negar Sharifi of Commons on January 19. to look again at the VAT anomaly is very “I am aware of this issue [VAT for sixth welcome. working it out was “too complex”. Administration: Frances Ogefere Dell form colleges], which has been a long- “We would prefer sixth-form colleges to be The agency said the decision related to the 2014 and 2015 funding year. Sales administrator: Jasmin Fergus-Aghamiri standing issue which the last government also treated fairly in their current guise, but will “This is in response to feedback from failed to correct,” said Mr Boles. explore all avenues to ensure that students in colleges and training organisations that the Contributors: Secret Principal “One of the things I am looking into is the the sector are funded fairly and sufficiently.” methodology for calculating the cap is too possibility of enabling sixth form colleges to The SFCA campaign’s petition launched Stewart Segal complex,” it said. “Our analysis of the latest change their status if they are willing to link before Christmas has already been signed by Kevin Hamblin data shows that the cap would only affect a up with other schools. more than 11,000 people including Oscar- small amount of provision.” “But that is something that has to be winning actor Colin Firth, X Factor presenter Managing director: Shane Mann brought forward by sixth form colleges Dermot O’Leary and Education Select Ofsted report grilling themselves and it is still subject I’m afraid Committee chair Graham Stuart. And tweet us your thoughts @feweek or Ofsted’s top brass face their yearly grilling to discussions with the Treasury who are Mr O’Leary, a former student at The with the #feweek from MPs about the education watchdog’s always pretty fierce on Sixth Form College, Colchester annual report this week. these matters.” said: “I’m supporting the Contact the editor Chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw, It comes after Drop the Learning Tax Please inform the FE Week editor of any FE and skills director Lorna Fitzjohn and errors or issues of concern regarding this former Education campaign because I schools director Sean Harford are expected publication. Secretary Michael want future sixth form before the House of Commons Education Gove claimed in college students to Select Committee on Wednesday. Email [email protected] with January last year benefit from the sort of They will face questions about the report, Error/Concern in the subject line. that his “hands education that has served Please include the page number and story released last month, which highlighted a headline, and explain what the problem is. were tied” by the me so well over the years.” rise in the proportion of good or outstanding Treasury over the The DfE and providers while also pointing to one-in-six issue. Treasury learners at less than good providers. The subscribe Nevertheless, declined to hearing was due begin at 9.30am at a venue yet to be announced. James Kewin it is the focus comment. For an annual subscription to FE Week for Colin Firth just £75 visit www.feweek.co.uk and click on ‘subscribe’ at the top of the page. www.feweek.co.uk More college takeovers possible for academy chain @paulofford College Academy Trust took on Trent Secretary Michael Gove last year to step in ADVERTISE WITH US [email protected] Valley Academy in May and renamed it The and take over the inadequate-rated Central Gainsborough Academy, and three months Bedfordshire UTC, and after The Manchester If you are interested in placing a product or The Department for Education (DfE) has later Leeds East Academy and Leeds West College took on London’s £17m prison job advert in a future edition please click on the ‘advertise’ link at the top of the page on not ruled out another college intervention Academy were both transferred to the White education contract following the withdrawal feweek.co.uk or contact: to take on a school from troubled academy Rose Academies Trust, which was set up by of welfare-to-work firm A4e.
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