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Learning and skills inspection outcomes
LSIS
Lorna Fitzjohn
Divisional Manager, Learning
and Skills
January 2012
The Annual Report of Her Majesty’s
Chief Inspector 2010/11
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Overall performance of the learning
and skills sector
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an increase in the percentage of providers judged good
and outstanding
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considerable decrease in the proportion judged inadequate
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too little outstanding teaching was seen in colleges, adult
and community learning providers and prisons
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40 providers of work-based learning, 41 colleges and six
adult and community learning providers had their
inspection brought forward on the basis of the risk
assessment
improving trend masks substantial variations both in
quality and progress between different types of provider
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2010/11 Inspection findings
The overall effectiveness of all learning and skills providers by remit areas 1
September 2010 and 31 August 2011 (number of providers)
All learning and skills
providers (303)
Colleges (84)
4
41
34
5
14
118
148
25
13
33
ACL (47) 1
ILP (159)
17
Employer (15)
2
6
7
Outstanding
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10
58
74
Good
Satisfactory
Inadequate
Colleges
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less than half the colleges inspected this year were judged to be
good or outstanding. However, this is in the context of a riskbased approach to inspection
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a high proportion of previously good colleges, selected for
inspection on the basis of Ofsted’s risk assessment, have
declined in their performance this year
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no colleges achieved an overall outstanding grade for teaching
and learning and only 11% of the lessons observed were judged
outstanding
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within a single college, the variations in the standards of
teaching and its impact on learning can be very wide, especially
between subject areas
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sixteen colleges remain satisfactory on their third inspection
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Key inspection judgements for all
colleges
1 Sept 2010 to 31 Aug 2011 (number of colleges)
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Changes in the overall effectiveness of
colleges inspected in 2010/11 compared with
their previous inspection (number of colleges)
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Colleges - stuck at satisfactory?
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new leaders and/or structure not yet showing improvement
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poor action planning
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ineffective systems to monitor and quality assurance provision
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unaware of declining or static achievement
over half of these colleges had experienced significant
changes to their senior management team since their last
inspection
ill informed leaders- by overgenerous self assessment and
teaching and learning grades
particularly poor monitoring of teaching, learning and
assessment
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Colleges – teaching, learning and assessment
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insufficient focus on learning
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boring lessons with no clear aim
insufficient focus on checking learning
poor initial assessment of learner’s needs
learners on wrong courses
insufficient response to literacy (and numeracy) needs of
learners
attendance low and/or declining
use of ICT weak
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Sixth form colleges
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in the previous inspection cycle around 77% of sixth form
colleges were judged good or outstanding. Many of these
good, and all of the outstanding, colleges were outside the
scope of inspections this year as a result of the
proportional approach taken to inspection
Outstanding
Good
Satisfactory
Inadequate
Total
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2007/08
18
12
3
0
33
2008/09
6
13
8
0
27
2009/10
2
8
8
2
20
2010/11
0
5
5
0
10
Independent specialist colleges
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the number of independent specialist colleges inspected
this year which were judged to be no better than
satisfactory is too high, with seven of the nine providers
judged satisfactory and one inadequate
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independent specialist colleges judged satisfactory or
inadequate could not demonstrate adequately the gains
made by learners in their time at the college and too often
teaching and learning did not meet individual needs
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Independent learning providers
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the proportion of independent learning providers judged good or
outstanding for overall effectiveness has increased considerably
compared with last year
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56% of the independent learning providers inspected this year,
were good or outstanding compared with 47% in 2009/10,
despite the fact that risk assessment ensures weaker providers
continue to be prioritised for inspection
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the increase in the percentage of independent learning providers
judged to be outstanding, from 4% last year to 10% this year is
particularly striking
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of the 102 providers inspected this year who have previously
been inspected, 41 have improved and a further 29 have
maintained either good or outstanding performance
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Independent learning providers
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outcomes for learners were judged to be good or outstanding in
62% of the providers inspected this year. This shows a marked
increase from 2009/10 when it was 48%.
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the better outcomes for learners can in part be explained by the
increase in the proportion of providers where teaching, training
and assessment were good or outstanding. This rose from 48%
last year to 58% this year.
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however, leadership and management remain one of the weaker
aspects of provision and continue to show some room for
improvement.
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in particular, the contribution that self-assessment makes to
improving the quality of provision and outcomes for learners is
not strong – it was judged inadequate in 15% of those providers
inspected this year.
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Employer providers
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of the 15 employer providers inspected in 2010/11, just
over half were outstanding or good, and the remainder
were satisfactory. These are similar proportions to last
year
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outcomes for learners were judged to be good or
outstanding in nine of the 15 employer providers inspected
this year
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the quality of teaching, training and assessment was
outstanding in two employer providers and good in a
further nine
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practical training in the workplace is often of a very high
standard and usually carried out by very knowledgeable
trainers or experienced coaches
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Adult and community learning
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very similar to last year
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The social and economic benefits gained by learners included
better communication, literacy and numeracy skills, confidence,
self esteem and improved employability
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no provider was judged to have outstanding teaching overall but
teaching was judged outstanding in 10% of lessons observed
no providers were judged inadequate
very small proportion of outstanding provision remains a concern
Forty-three providers inspected had been inspected previously,
over half improved and only two declined
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Prisons and young offender institutions
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the overall profile of prisons inspected this year is slightly more
positive than last year, but it is still not strong
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fewer prisons were judged inadequate for their learning and
skills provision and a greater proportion judged good, but less
than half of the provision inspected was good overall and none
was outstanding
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many of the prison workshops that produce work for external
companies are providing good opportunities for prisoners to
develop skills for employment and a good work ethic
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in many cases prisoners’ skills are not sufficiently recognised or
recorded to provide evidence to prospective employers on
release
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the quality of teaching and learning in prisons was good in only
half of the prisons inspected
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Probation Trusts
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as was the case last year, no outstanding provision was
seen
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no providers were judged inadequate this year, compared
with three last year
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capacity to improve was judged to be the weakest area
and was deemed no better than satisfactory in all but one
of the Trusts
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this is driven by the poor quality of self-assessment which
is not developed enough in most Probation Trusts
inspected to act as a tool for improvement
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Update
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out of 26 colleges inspected - one outstanding, 10 good, 9
satisfactory, 6 inadequate
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satisfactory grade to be ‘Requires improvement’
revised framework – September 2012
four grades
overall effectiveness judged through:
 outcomes for learners
 teaching learning and assessment,
 the effectiveness of leadership and management
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