Transcript Workshop 4 - Preparing for Ofsted & Healthy FE

Preparing for Ofsted:
How Healthy FE can help
Welcome
Objectives
• Key changes to Ofsted’s Common Inspection
Framework since September
• How Healthy FE can help you to demonstrate your
commitment to staff and learner health and wellbeing
• Ideas exchange
Be Healthy
A4. Are learners able to make informed choices about their
own health and well-being?
“To make their judgements,
inspectors will evaluate the
extent to which
learners have the knowledge
and understanding to enable
them to make informed
choices about their health and
well-being.”
Further guidance from Ofsted
Inspectors should take into account, where relevant:

use of available learner health and well-being data to identify the
health needs of all groups, including the most vulnerable

use of learners’ views on the range and quality of health-related
services provided

partnership work with external agencies to support delivery and
facilitate referral to specialist services

learners’ awareness of the consequences of smoking, alcohol abuse
and drugs, insufficient physical exercise and an unhealthy diet

learners’ participation in activities which tackle key aspects of learners’
physical and mental health, well-being and emotional development

learners’ opportunities to access confidential support

learners’ involvement in developing a range of opportunities and
activities which are inclusive and have high rates of participation, to
increase their levels of physical activity and to improve the uptake of
healthy food choices within the provider’s setting.
Source: Ofsted: Handbook for the Inspection of Further Education & Skills from September 2009 (Page 48)
Experience so far
“They were almost obsessive about health and safeguarding. The inspector
made it very clear that they wanted evidence about ECM” (London college)
“One of the development areas identified for us was to gather evidence of
student and staff needs” (London College)
"Very data driven - a big change from previous inspections - the inspectors
kept asking "how can you back that up?" and there was also a big emphasis
on learner voice." (East Midlands College)
How Healthy FE can help: Self Review Tool
•Developed with the sector
•Organisational level review tool
• Governance
• Health Service Provision
• Facilities
• Communication & Information
• Personal & Social Development
• Participation
Self Review Tool: results
• Assess progress
• Devise action plan
• PIN
Big College Health Check
•Online survey with staff and learners to helps
colleges baseline:
• Health priorities
• Awareness, use and satisfaction with
services
• Desired changes in service provision
•Successful pilot with 3 EoE colleges – wider
rollout underway with staff and learners in 40
colleges  results in March
•Task Group to inform future development
•Talk to the EoE colleges today
Ideas Exchange

use of available learner health and well-being data to identify the
health needs of all groups, including the most vulnerable

use of learners’ views on the range and quality of health-related
services provided

partnership work with external agencies to support delivery and
facilitate referral to specialist services

learners’ awareness of the consequences of smoking, alcohol abuse
and drugs, insufficient physical exercise and an unhealthy diet

learners’ participation in activities which tackle key aspects of learners’
physical and mental health, well-being and emotional development

learners’ opportunities to access confidential support

learners’ involvement in developing a range of opportunities and
activities which are inclusive and have high rates of participation, to
increase their levels of physical activity and to improve the uptake of
healthy food choices within the provider’s setting.
Source: Ofsted: Handbook for the Inspection of Further Education & Skills from September 2009 (Page 48)
Learning more
•Today: Healthy FE stand in marketplace
•Healthy FE website: www.excellencegateway.org.uk/hfep
•Contact us  [email protected]