1 / 13

Ofsted Inspection of WEA

Ofsted Inspection of WEA. 10 th March 2008 Presentation to Inspection Team. The WEA today. A charity and a Specialist Designated Institution (SDI) Covering England and Scotland (inspected separately by HMIe) Nine Regions in England working in their communities and localities

oriel
Download Presentation

Ofsted Inspection of WEA

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Ofsted Inspection of WEA 10th March 2008 Presentation to Inspection Team

  2. The WEA today • A charity and a Specialist Designated Institution (SDI) • Covering England and Scotland (inspected separately by HMIe) • Nine Regions in England working in their communities and localities • Nine Regions working together to deliver the charity’s mission, to plan and drive improvement

  3. The WEA today (2) • 77,008 learners (51% of them new) in 2006-07 • 28% of enrolments from the most disadvantaged wards in England (IMD) • 1753 tutors teaching this week • 224 full-time and 185 part-time staff • Thousands of volunteers • Hundreds of venues, partners and branches

  4. National mission, local delivery • The WEA is diverse and varied but with a very clear mission, focus and direction • Democracy extends from locality through to whole Association – with all the benefits and challenges • Our mission, educational strands, policies, management information and networked self-assessment are common • The rest is locally and regionally determined (within context of external contract and standards)

  5. WEA and inspection • 874 Inspector days over last four years! • But we recognise (nearly) all of you are new to WEA and Ofsted is new to us • Our work is focussed on our educational strands, campaigning, partnership and continuous quality improvement • We’ve assessed ourselves as ‘Good’ overall

  6. WEA data • The WEA returns a full FE ILR return. It uses the LSC Learning Aim Database to code provision • Its overall success rates are generated by the LSC out of the ILR return • This is the same position as the four London SDIs: City Lit, Mary Ward, Working Men’s College and Morley. It differs from ACL providers

  7. Success Rates • Overall rates generated through ILR are high – and have been since LSC required combined ILR returns • This is caused by high proportion of non-accredited provision • Therefore, we don’t rely on overall LSC generated success rates in self assessment judgement • We have prioritised improving success rates on all accredited courses and in non-accredited Skills for Life

  8. Self Assessment • A continuous process across nine regions • Identifying issues and taking improvement actions • Working as peers across WEA regions and in external peer review groups as they emerge • Consolidated Self Assessment Report is tip of an iceberg of self-assessment and improvement activity • Ask about the process in regions you visit

  9. Three Educational Strands • Second Chance to Learn • Community Involvement • Cultural Studies Each one focused on the needs and intentions of learners and potential learners

  10. Curriculum Management Areas • The WEA manages its curriculum through Nine Curriculum Management Areas (CMAs) • Developed after 2004 ALI Inspection • Linked to QCA Sector Subject Areas

  11. Sector Subject Areas • The WEA uses the standard QCA (Qualification and Curriculum Authority) Sector Subject Area classifications • In this inspection it has been agreed that the Ofsted SSA variants will be used to explore WEA provision. These are ‘Community Learning’ (Ofsted addition to SSA 14) and ‘Community Development’ (additional SSA added by Ofsted)

  12. Cross Inspection Theme • You will see provision in all three Educational Strands, for example: • Skills for Life in the Second Chance to Learn strand • Volunteer and learner shaped Arts and Humanities provision in the Cultural Studies Strand • Targeted arts or health provision in the Community Involvement strand • Community Involvement is a cross inspection theme

  13. Practicalities • Provision is very dispersed - lots of driving • Each Inspector has a proposed itinerary that should be practical. Let us know if you want to vary from it • Please keep appointments arranged with partners • Please keep in touch with your regional nominee • Go to http://mail.wea.org.uk/inspectors for key documents

More Related