Inspection and Sustainable Development

1. Inspection and Sustainable Development Melanie Hunt Director, Learning & Skills

2. Ofsted – our purpose We will raise standards and improve lives by: ■ serving children and learners ■ encouraging services to improve ■ securing value for money The next step… | 2

3. Sustainable Developmentat Ofsted Sustainable Development Plan (July 2008) Ofsted will ensure that we evaluate the contribution that providers are making to a sustainable future. This will be through inspection, ensuring our frameworks take account of sustainable development; through guidance and training for inspectors and encouraging providers to consider sustainable development in their own self assessment. The next step… | 3

4. Ofsted Inspects:our new single framework Principles of inspection • Support and promote improvement • Be proportionate • Focus on the needs of users • Focus on the needs of providers • Be transparent and consistent • Be accountable • Demonstrate value for money The next step… | 4

5. An integrated approach to judging sustainable development • Integrated within the inspection framework and referenced across the report • Raises profile and status of sustainable development without adding to the burden of inspection • Encourages inclusion of sustainable development considerations within self assessment • Inspectors can use existing inspection processes to gather evidence and evaluate progress in sustainable development • Training for inspectors The next step… | 5

6. Ofsted Inspects:our new single framework • Overall effectiveness • Outcomes for learners • Quality of provision • Capacity to improve • Leadership and management The next step… | 6

7. Integrating sustainable development Outcomes for learners • learners have the knowledge and understanding to enable them to make informed choices about their health and well-being • learners are involved in additional activities and projects and make a positive contribution to the wider community and its sustainability • learners develop skills, knowledge and understanding relevant to community cohesion The next step… | 7

8. Integrating sustainable development Quality of provision • the provider considers employers’ views and identified training needs and information on performance, skills and labour demand • the range and content of learning programmes/services are relevant to local communities in that: • the provider helps ensure coherence ofprovision, minimising duplication with other local providers • the provider promotes social inclusion • the provider promotes sustainable development • enrichment activities / extended services, including work experience, contribute to learners’ enjoyment and achievement, and their personal, spiritual, moral, social and cultural development The next step… | 8

9. Integrating sustainable development Quality of provision • enrichment activities / extended services, including work experience, contribute to learners’ enjoyment and achievement, and their personal, spiritual, moral, social and cultural development • learning teaching, training and assessment, takes account of equal opportunities principles and awareness of cultural and linguistic diversity The next step… | 9

10. Integrating sustainable development Leadership and management • the provider promotes and implements national and local priorities and initiatives that are relevant to learners, employers and local communities • resources, including staff, accommodation, facilities and technologies, are developed and used to support learning effectively • the provider promotes sustainable development in the use of resources • the provider is committed to managing its own resources in a sustainable way • the quality of the provider’s environment, which may also include care for that environment The next step… | 10

11. Self Assessment and Sustainable Development LSC / LSIS self assessment guidance (2008) Sustainability Colleges and providers should model effective practice in sustainable development • Action point: Do your self-assessment processes take sufficient account of the promotion of education for sustainable development, as well as your own contribution to sustainability – e.g. through the design of curriculum and accommodation strategies? The next step… | 11