Inspection briefing

Further Education & Work-based Learning

Session programme:

Introduction & inspection updates

What happens before inspection

What happens during inspection

What happens after inspection

Purpose of inspection:

Commissioned by DEL Builds on

scrutiny inspection

Identifies effective practice & key areas for development Informs

quality improve

ment plannin

g

Promote improvement in the interest of all learners

Scope of inspections:

FE• Whole-college

• Annual scrutiny insp.

• Surveys

• Revised model in development

TfS/ANI• 3 year cycle

• Annual scrutiny insp.

• Updated model from September 2015

ESF• SER/QIP visits

completed

• Inspections to commence in 2015/16

• Separate event, October 2015

Revised performance levels

Current Previous

Outstanding Outstanding

Very Good Very Good

Good Good

Important area(s) for improvement

Satisfactory

Requires significant improvement

Inadequate

Requires urgent improvement

Unsatisfactory

Used to report on the quality of:

• Achievement and standards

• Provision

• Leadership and management

• Professional and technical areas

•One of four inspection outcomes for overall effectiveness

Inspection reporting

The organisation has a high level of capacity for sustained improvement in the interest of all the learners. The ETI will monitor the organisation’s progress in addressing any area(s) for improvement through its annual scrutiny inspection.

Previously Outstanding or Very Good

•One of four inspection outcomes for overall effectiveness

Inspection reporting

The organisation demonstrates the capacity to identify and bring about improvement in the interest of all the learners. The ETI will monitor the organisation’s progress in addressing the area(s) for improvement through its annual scrutiny inspection.

Previously good

•One of four inspection outcomes for overall effectiveness

Inspection reporting

The organisation needs to address (an) important area(s) for improvement in the interest of all the learners. The ETI will monitor and report on the organisation’s progress in addressing the area(s) for improvement, which includes the need to produce an improvement plan, which will be the basis for a formal follow-up inspection within 12-18 months.

Previously satisfactory

• One of four inspection outcomes for overall

effectiveness

Inspection reporting

The organisation needs to address urgently the significant areas for improvement identified in the interest of all the learners. The ETI will monitor and report on the organisation’s progress in addressing the areas for improvement, which includes the need to produce an improvement plan, which will be the basis for a formal follow-up inspection within 12 -18 months.

Previously inadequate or unsatisfactory

Inspection reporting

What happens before inspection?

Letter of notification, 2 weeks prior to inspection

Immediately, the reporting inspector will contact the organisation via phone call – direct them to ETI website

Within a few days, RI will conduct a briefing, information re: learner questionnaire, data, and other inspection requirements

Immediately prior to inspection, organisation to email data and other inspection material to the ETI (RI)

Pre-inspection information

Pre-inspection information

PC and Safeguarding

NB: Updated annually

Data sheet exemplar

New ES data sheet

NB: Pilot feedback welcome

What happens during inspection?

Inspection team

Inspection activities

Inspection reporting

ETI:• Reporting and deputy reporting inspector• Specialist inspectors for P&T areas > 10

learners• Essential skills inspector(s)• Care support and guidance inspector• Associate assessors, if required

Organisation:• BoG/M’c representatives • Senior management• Tutors, learners & employers • Organisation’s representative

DEL• Representative attends report back

Inspection Team

Representative

Day 1 to day 3•Presentation by senior management•Observation of sessions (P&T, ES + other)•Joint session observation (org. rep. + ETI)•Scrutinise learners’ work/files/PTPs•Meetings with key personnel•Review of care, support and guidance •Visit workplace training, meet employers•Focus groups with learners•Daily report backs to representative

Day 4 and 5•Moderation meeting, representative present•Report backs, DEL representative present

Inspection activities

• Representative attends all meetings including the moderation meeting during the inspection

• Spoken report back of main findings for each P&T area and for the organisation overall

• One of six performance levels used for each of the three key questions – S&O, QofP and L&M, and also for each P&T area inspected

• One of the four conclusions used for overall effectiveness

• Written SOKF and overall conclusion left with the organisation [provisional]

Inspection reporting

Inspection outcomes

What happens after inspection

&

WHAI

• Organisation (and DEL) receive a pre-publication copy of the report for factual accuracy check

• The RI considers any factual errors identified, and if necessary, discuss these with the organisation, making any required adjustments to the report prior to publication

• Report publishes on the ETI website, normally within 30 days of spoken report back

Published report

• If safeguarding is evaluated as unsatisfactory

• Safeguarding areas for improvement followed-up by

the ETI within 6 working weeks

• Short letter publishes on the ETI website

Safeguarding FUI

Inspection outcomes and what happens after inspection

Overall effectiveness outcome

Performance levels– P&T Follow-up process

In all of the P&T areas, the performance levels are either outstanding, very

good or good

Annual scrutiny inspection .

In one P&T area, there are important areas for

improvement

Follow-up inspection process integrated (if possible) with annual scrutiny inspection, only for P&T area .

The organisation has a high level of capacity for

sustained improvement in the interest of all the

learners

The organisation demonstrates the capacity to identify and bring about

improvement in the interests of all the learners

The organisation demonstrates the capacity to identify and bring about

improvement in the interests of all the learners

In all of the P&T areas, the performance levels are either outstanding, very

good or good

Annual scrutiny inspection .

Inspection outcomes and what happens after inspection

Overall effectiveness outcome

Inspection Outcomes – P&T Follow-up process

Annual scrutiny inspection integrated (if possible). with follow-up inspection process

Annual scrutiny inspection integrated (if possible). with follow-up inspection process

.

The organisation needs to address urgently the significant areas for

improvement identified in the interests of all the learners.

The organisation needs to address (an) important area(s) for improvement in the interest

of all the learners.

Please note, any P&T area(s) with performance levels less than good will also be included in the whole-organisation follow-up process

Questions