A college that has battled through perilous financial challenges is set to be banned from delivering apprenticeships after Ofsted judged the provision ‘inadequate’, FE Week understands.
Coventry College will receive its third consecutive overall grade three report in the coming weeks but is expected to see its grade for apprenticeships drop to a four.
The college was unable to comment on the report itself ahead of publication, but a spokesperson suggested their focus in recent years has had to be on finances after almost going insolvent while being aware of the “challenges faced across some areas of our provision”.
Under Education and Skills Funding Agency rules, colleges and training providers which receive an ‘inadequate’ grade are removed from the register of apprenticeship training providers, meaning they can no longer offer the provision.
