College oversight: support and intervention
How the government will support and intervene to improve financial resilience and quality in colleges.
Applies to England
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This guidance is for:
- governors
- principals
- finance directors
- senior leadership teams
It should be used by:
- further education (FE) colleges
- sixth form colleges
- designated institutions
The guidance sets out:
- how the Department for Education (DfE) will work with all colleges to identify any financial and quality issues that might hinder their success
- how DfE has adapted our active support and intervention policy, following the reclassification of colleges as part of the central government sector
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the support and advice available to colleges when they need it, from:
- DfE
- FE Commissioner
- Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA)
It should be used alongside the guidance on statutory intervention powers for the FE sector.
Last updated 14 December 2022 + show all updates
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Updated 'College oversight: support and intervention' for December 2022.
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Updated guidance to reflect the new duty to review provision; enhanced Secretary of State intervention powers; improvements to active support; and revised Ofsted framework.
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Renaming of Formal Intervention as Intervention and introduction of Active Support - to replace previous categories of Prevention and Early Intervention.
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Updated with details of emergency funding and/or insolvency funding given to 7 institutions in the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020.
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Document updated to reflect amendment to formal intervention trigger for cash related concerns.
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Extended the criteria for FE Commissioner diagnostic assessments so a college can be referred for one earlier than the current criteria allows. Delegated the decision to place a college into Supervised College Status to the Case Management Group (CMG).
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First published.