Transcript Ofsted`s reorganisation and improvement

Ofsted Good Practice
South East Provider Event
Matthew Coffey HMI
Director, Further Education and Skills
11 July 2013
Ofsted – the new regional arrangements
Each region is managed by a Regional
Director who reports directly to HMCI and
will be responsible for the quality of
inspection and the improvement of
providers in their region.
Raising standards, improving lives
Ofsted’s reorganisation and improvement
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The Regional Director leads a team of Senior HMI, analysing data and
determining how best to support improvement through inspection.
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The RDs will collaborate with colleagues in other regions and national
remit Directors, and will share ground-breaking good practice so that
early childhood, education, and learning and skills providers across the
country can improve rapidly.
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Senior HMI will lead teams of HMI within each region.
HMI will carry out monitoring visits to providers judged to ‘require
improvement’.
Learning and Skills Provision:
Between 1 September 2012 and 31 March 2013
National – all providers
Grade
1
2
3
4
Percentage
4
51
35
10
South East – all providers
Grade
1
2
3
4
Percentage
5
55
33
8
Ofsted Good Practice
South East Provider Event
Julie Ashton HMI
Alex Falconer HMI
11 July 2013
Good practice
 I nearly called this workshop the 3 R’s
 Relentless
 Ruthless
 Rigorous
Annual Report 2011/12
The context:
“I believe that all providers must be at
least good and this must be viewed as
the minimum expected standard.”
Sir Michael Wilshaw
Common Inspection Framework for
Further Education and Skills 2012
Effectiveness of leadership and management
 The main focus in judging the effectiveness of
leadership and management is how successfully
it has an impact on improving outcomes on
teaching, learning and assessment for all
learners
Good practice
During this session we will focus on:
 Self assessment
 Continuous quality assurance (including
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observations and performance management)
Teaching, learning and assessment
Employer involvement
A good SAR – real examples
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CITB, November 2012, Outstanding
‘Self assessment is comprehensive and evaluates an
extensive range of evidence that supports the accurate
judgements made. The process is inclusive and the resulting
report and improvement plans are used extremely effectively
to target actions to remedy any weaknesses identified. The
work of the provider’s quality team and the support provided
by quality advisers contribute significantly to informing the
self-assessment process and in raising overall standards of
performance to benefit learners’ experiences’
A good SAR – real examples
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Defence Munitions (Gosport), November 2012,
Outstanding
‘Self assessment is rigorous and has a strong focus on all
aspects of the training and the impact it has on learning and
skills development. The self-assessment report is suitably
self-critical and carefully identifies improvements required.
The reporting process fully includes all personnel involved in
the learning. Managers use data very well to monitor and
manage all aspects of the programme and to demonstrate
improvements through self-assessment’.
Continuous quality assurance
Ensuring quality in apprenticeships survey
October 2012
The survey identified that:
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Lead contractors had a history of only satisfactory
performance in providing apprenticeships themselves.
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Size rather than quality of provision appeared to be the main
factor in allowing them to expand.
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Most effective subcontracting arrangements were between
like-minded independent learning providers working as part
of a consortium or training group.
Continuous quality assurance
Activity One
Ensuring quality in apprenticeships survey
October 2012
Read the three examples in the handout and think about what
went wrong
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If you were an inspector visiting these subcontractors, what
lines of investigation would you follow? What evidence would
you be looking for?
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What messages will you take away from this exercise for your
provision?
Activity
Quality assurance
Activity Two
On your own, jot down the main kinds of activities
you undertake to ensure quality assurance in your
provision.
Share your activities with the others on your table
and agree a list of activities
Discuss which activities are the most important and
try to put them in priority order
Be prepared to feedback on your priorities
Quality assurance
Observations
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Observations as a developmental tool
Verbal and written feedback that is valued
Effective deployment of Advanced Practitioners
Peer review
Innovation and the sharing of good practice
Quality assurance
Performance management
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Staffordshire County Council (2013) ‘Performance
management of subcontractors and their staff is
demanding. In directly delivered provision,
supportive appraisals provide a robust framework
for the performance management of staff. A
programme of high quality staff development
provides effective support for staff to make
improvements to their professional practice’
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CITB (2012) ‘Performance management
arrangements are exemplary’
Activity
Performance management
Activity Three
What does performance management mean to you in
your role as a manager?
Discuss the ways in which you or your provision make
sure that outcomes for trainees improve as a result of
performance management.
Are you able to come to any consensus on your table
as to the most effective measures?
Be prepared to feedback
Employer involvement
Mercedes-Benz UK Ltd
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Employers
 ‘we wanted to provide greater clarity for learners,
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mentors and employers about how an apprentice’s
progress at the Academy is linked to their workplace
development’
Work ready
 In addition to the minimum requirements…apprentices
undertake a series of computer-based learning packages
to enhance their understanding of the vehicles they
work on, the company, and the opportunities available
to them
Activity
Employer involvement
Activity Four
Share with your table your successes with employers
What 2 new activities are you going to do with your
employers when you leave this conference?
Be prepared to feedback
Overriding message
The importance and impact of outstanding
leadership and management cannot be
underestimated. All the elements this report
identifies are inextricably linked to the
actions and behaviour of leaders and
managers, and the example they set.
How Colleges Improve Survey 2012
Overriding message
Any questions?
questions?
Any