it says the ofsted report is not an accurate reflection of their performance. and will continue to meet the needs of their learners. learndirect ltd was privatised in 2011. since then, it is estimated it has received £600 million of public funding. that money has come from the government. due to the nature of this latest report, the contract is now going to be wound up. but that will not happen until nextjuly. it is a particularly big scandal. the response from the government has been to give them special treatment. absolutely no doubt about that. in fact, learndirect said they expected to get three months termination on the contract which would put them into administration. instead, special treatment, those termination notices are not being served and they will continue to offer apprenticeships under a company that they have set up last year. the company tried to block publication of this critical report in court, but failed. it is now hoped changes will strewn be made to ensure that more trainees get the guidance and support they need to improve their futures

the worst possible result from an ofsted inspection, inadequate.hey needed to succeed, not enough qualifications they were trained to get. not enough were getting jobs afterwards. across the piece, a pretty damning report. the government withdraws all funding from nextjuly, some might ask why not instantly, i suppose there are contractual complications. first of all, what happens to the many people who presumably are still being taught? that's my fundamental problem and worry, there are 70,000 people getting what ofsted says is an adequate teaching, learning support. —— inadequate. usually the learning period is three months so it's unusual they are giving them 12 months. you have to ask what is going to happen to get those learners a better deal in 12 months. but will there be new learners coming in not having read the report and getting another bad deal will stop its an unusual state of affairs. it's a large company. # another bad deal. some might not be aware of the sort of companies in existence. how does this private industry grow up and what

the education watchdog ofsted has published a damning report into one of the uk's largest adult trainingich has received hundreds of millions of pounds of public money, as inadequate, the worst rating the watchdog can give. the department for education says it will withdraw all funding by nextjuly. that's it from me. sport today is next. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: alastair cook and joe root both score centuries, as england hold the upper hand after the first day of the opening test against west indies. there was a shock defeat for ajax in the europa league play—offs, but first—leg wins for milan and everton. and victoria azarenka will miss the us open because she is not willing to leave her child at home in california. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the cricketing news that england are well on top after the opening day of the first test against west indies at edgbaston. the match is the first ever day—night test to be played in the uk, and the first involving england, and it saw alastair cook and skipp

after they got a blasting from ofsted for their training reform. —— learn direct. now find out about it, heroically they have had a legal case against ofsted to prevent this being released, which has onlyjust been overturned. rememberthis, which has onlyjust been overturned. remember this, learn direct, which has onlyjust been overturned. rememberthis, learn direct, from the early 20005, you could do apprenticeships, 5et the early 20005, you could do apprenticeships, set up by a labour government, privatised in 2011, to a company called ldc, private equity arm of lloyd5 bank, at the time, we owned it, as taxpayers, 40% of it, so owned it, as taxpayers, 40% of it, so you will be delighted to hear that very quickly, after that privatisation in 2011, 84% of its largely taxpayer provided ca5h went on payments to managers and financiers... we can all agree, the most important evil in any educational e5tabli5hment(!), a5 well as loading with £90 million of debt, and extracting £20 million of dividends. could they have a reason for this? that would be a £500,000 they deci

it says the ofsted report is not an accurate reflection of their performance.ally stable and will continue to meet the needs of their learners. learndirect ltd was privatised in 2011. since then, it is estimated it has received £600 million of public funding. that money has come from the government. due to the nature of this latest report, the contract is now going to be wound up. but that will not happen until nextjuly. be wound up. but that will not happen until next july. it is a particularly big scandal. the response from the government has been to give them special treatment. absolutely no doubt about that. in fa ct, absolutely no doubt about that. in fact, learndirect said they expected to get three months termination on the contract which would put them into administration. instead, special treatment, those termination notices are not being served and they will continue to offer apprenticeships under a company that they have set up last year. the company tried to block publication of this critical report in court, but failed. it is now hoped changes will

largest adult education provider faces collapse after a damning report by the education watchdog ofstedd a pedestrian and later went online to blame the victim. the i leads with the government's publication of its blueprint for leaving the eu. the daily express says that research has found that a daily glass of wine or pint of beer can reduce the risk of early death. the daily mail leads with the decision to silence big ben forfour with the decision to silence big ben for four years with the decision to silence big ben forfour years —— with the decision to silence big ben for four years —— so that repairs can be carried out on its tower. the daily telegraph also leads with mps' calls for a rethink about silencing the big ben —— mps. the guardian has in its front page donald trump's direct condemnation of far—right violence in charlottesville, of far—right violence in cha rlottesville, 48 of far—right violence in charlottesville, 48 hours after the events. so let's begin. yes, independent, the i, they have your story, which is in quite a few of the other newspapers, which is about what w

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learn direct, one of the largest private training companies in the uk, after a damning report by ofstedident trump says american history and culture are being ripped apart by the removal of statues which commemorate those who fought to retain slavery. a big rise in the number of migrants crossing from morocco to spain — nearly three times as many people are now attempting the journey. most of the historic world war ii aircraft making up the battle of britain memorial flight have been grounded — hurricanes, spitfires and a lancaster bomber are all affected. also in the next hour we'll be at edgbaston, where a historic test match is about to get under way. for the first time in this country it'll be a day/night encounter, with play between england and the west indies continuing well into the evening. and how many carrots in this diamond ring? the woman who waited 13 years to find her lost engagement ring in a very strange place. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the wait for a—level results is over for hundreds of thousands of young people in england, wales and northern ireland. ove

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ofsted's amanda spielman says over—the—top health and safety rules stop children developing resiliencer the chief inspector of schools is no fan of children in high—vis jackets. she says they look like troops of mini construction workers minus the hard hats. pupils, she claims, are being shortchanged by teachers trying to insulate them from every bump, germ, or bruise. take conkers, for example. she says every minute spent trying to ban it takes away from the multitude of real dangers children face. she wants children to be allowed to take full advantage of the freedom of childhood to explore the world around them. and so, to that end, the 1,800 school inspectors in england will be taking part in sessions next month called, "when is safe, what really matters?" the aim is to get away from the tickbox culture of the past. there is also a warning today that children are spending too much of their free time online. it comes from the children's commissioner in england who says youngsters are bingeing on social media in the same way they like to tuck into junk food. she says they want parent

going despite the contradictions, and that's a really good point to segue us to thinking about the end ofst you have duke ellington, old guard, born in 1899. you know, duke ellington, part of the old stamp that said, hey, let's run in the circles that we're given and not try to up end the whole system and work with what we've got and trust those in power are kind of working, at least have our best interests in mind. if you have seen "the butler" it is an example of him telling his son, work with the system, the system will work with you, and the son thinks he's crazy. duke ellington is like forest whitaker's character, saying, hey, let's work with the system, the system will work for us if we're patient. for his part when in 1969 president nixon, for all of the back treading or back pedaling the nixon administration did on civil rights issues, nixon himself was a musician and a fan of jazz. so nixon realized that duke ellington had been the foremost ambassador out all of these guys, and duke ellington deserved this highest award a civilian in the united states can win, this presidential med

sidewalk and say if you j want to do "the jim acosta show," there is a rusting boxcar around the back ofsthe freight yards with free semi-comatose hobos whoth are interested in it. but nobody else here is. and that would have been the healthy reaction to that. as for the range of cliches he brought up, there are -- the french gave the americans a pretty good statue of liberty. and then the americans hammered a lousy poem by emma lazarus on to it and turned a pretty great statue of liberty into a statue of immigration. i regret that but the fact is that steven miller was quite right in his point about oh, do you only want englishmen and australians? there are 60 countries in the world, including mine, that have english as an official language. for example, just a few years ago, after the genocide, rwanda, a belgian colony, joined the british commonwealth. as part of it, even thoughd it's never been a british colony. as part of that, they began -- they stopped teaching french in schools and began teaching english. so you can have rwandans fluent in english. you can have papua new guineans wh

ofsted's amanda spielman says over the top health and safety rules stop children developing resiliencer schools in england. andy moore reports. it's clear the chief inspector of schools is no fan of children in high—vis jackets. she says they look like troops of mini construction workers minus the hard hats. pupils, she claims, are being shortchanged by teachers trying to insulate them from every bump, germ, or bruise. take conkers for example. she says every minute spent trying to ban it takes away from the multitude of real dangers children face. she says this is her message. she wants children to be able to take full advantage of the freedom of childhood to explore the world around them. and so, to that end, the 1,800 school inspectors in england will be taking part in sessions next month called "when is safe, what really matters?" the aim is to get away from the tickbox culture of the past. there is also a warning today that children are spending too much of their free time on line. it comes from the children's commissioner in england saying youngsters are bingeing on social media

perhaps worth adding, i will give you a quote from an ofsted inspection in relation to newcastle forar. there is a highly effective response to issues of child sexual explication and evidence of outstanding practice to protect children. this is... it's important i make this point. this is not about sitting here saying we think we are perfect, we are not. we have done everything we possibly can to find victims. of child sexual explication. and sexual exploitation of vulnerable people. what this has never been about is people lining up to say, we have been telling you about a pattern of abuse that has been existing for years and you failed, you have never done anything about that. it is not about that. it is about public services doing the best they can, and if we have been found wanting it is not for a lack of effort, commitment, energy and resources that have been ploughed into this. this is about as good as we can be. there are aspects of this which still need to improve but there are aspects that actually, despite the horrible subject matter we are dealing with, we are quite proud

ofsted has published a highly critical report about one of britain's biggest training companies, learnining and performance. essentially it is inadequate. some of the findings in this report include not enough 16 to 19—year—olds on traineeships completing their programmes, too many apprentices not getting the right kind of training and a poor quality of teaching. learn direct is one of the biggest adult learning providers in the uk. it has more than 1600 members of staff. there are dozens of training centres dotted across the uk. the issue is money. back in 2011 the company was privatised. it is estimated around £600 million of public money was given to training, and some of that money has come from the government. what happens normally is the government has decided to wind up its contract with learn direct. normally it would take two to three months but in this case, the mordt has been given untiljuly. it is a scandal because the government have been given special treatment. tim one themselves made it clear in the court which i attended that they expected to get a three—month terminat