Outcomes from inspection Looking back… Sept 09 – May 12 What next for Equality & What next for Equality & Diversity? Diversity? Equality, Inspection and the last Total providers by percentage - Figures are rounded Lessons learned from Lessons learned from Ofsted Ofsted inspection framework 1 2 3 4 inspections and College grade 1 inspections and College grade 1 Overall effectiveness 10 43 42 5 practices practices Capacity to improve 20 42 33 5 • Ofsted perspective of Outcomes for learners 10 42 44 4 Impact A workshop facilitated by Quality of provision 10 49 40 1 Dr Christine Rose Leadership & management 16 43 35 6 Safeguarding 16 56 26 2 Equality and diversity 8 54 36 2 www.newbubbles.com
Seven key features of Outcomes from inspection Seven key features of outstanding provision of E&D Sept 09 – May 12 outstanding provision of E&D 4 Bullying, intimidatory 1. Equality has strategic prominence and is integral to self assessment and behaviour and prejudiced quality improvement comments are routinely challenged by all staff 2. Values are clearly articulated, well understood and owned by all 5 There is frequent and 3. There is clear and decisive evaluation and monitoring of performance and effective staff training resulting in good outcomes of the different understanding of what ‘groups’ of learners with equality and diversity means appropriate action to job role and responsibility at all levels www.newbubbles.com
Looking back - 5 minutes to Pair and How Colleges Improve; a review of effective practice; Seven key features of outstanding Share…one success? what makes an impact and why. Ofsted Sept 2012 provision of E&D All the outstanding and improving colleges visited were judged Seven key features of outstanding provision E&D at inspection to be good in terms of promoting equality and 6 Equality and diversity is diversity effectively. In the best examples, the promotion of ① Equality central to self assessment / Quality ① ① ① equality and diversity was, like self-assessment, integral to successfully embedded improvement planning. It was seen in terms of narrowing the gap for learners in teaching, training and ② Values well understood, owned by all through good teaching and learning, matched to learners’ ② ② ② learning, in respect of different needs; in promoting social inclusion; and in the ③ ‘Narrowing the gap’ between different groups ③ ③ ③ appreciation of cultural diversity within the curriculum, and content and in planning to meet ④ Bullying, inappropriate comments routinely inside and outside the college. The inspection judgements for ④ ④ ④ individual needs (classroom practice equality and diversity, teaching and learning, and outcomes for challenged and in the place of employment) learners suggest there is a strong relationship between these ⑤ E&D training regular, tailored to job role and ⑤ ⑤ ⑤ three aspects; in other words, learners are more likely to 7 Employers are actively engaged in responsibility, evaluated for impact succeed when their individual needs are properly met and when understanding and promoting the they feel included. ⑥ E&D embedded in curriculum ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ benefits of equality and Common features of colleges underperforming – the promotion ⑦ Employers actively engaged in promoting ⑦ ⑦ ⑦ of equality and diversity was not a priority understanding diversity. benefits www.newbubbles.com
2012 inspection framework Looking forward - Ofsted Strategic theme 1; Equality Eight strategic themes, (and paragraph examples Inspection 2012 in framework): performance data 1. Equality performance data 146,147,175 Data challenges – reliability, lack of • 2. Learners understand values, roles 145,148,149, data on some areas, ease of access and responsibilities 162,165,174 3. Equality fully partnered with quality 172,173,175 Getting the data generally not an • 4. Training 175,176 issue. It’s often more about: 5. E&D fully integrated in the curriculum 153,154,156, 6. Strategic action plan to drive forward – Ownership 160,164,165, and genuinely advance E&D 173,176 – Analysis 7. Discrimination, prejudice, harassment eliminated 164,175,176 – Action for improvement 8. E&D fully integrated into work-based 153,154,156, – Evaluating impact of action learning programmes 160,164,165, 175,176 www.newbubbles.com
Strategic theme 1; Equality performance data Conclusions – three A common equality gap: Take a ‘gap busting’ approach • Some curriculum areas have equality • key messages Mind the gaps (systematic recruitment gaps, for example females • assessment and tracking) in engineering, males in hair and 1. E&D continues to feature beauty, learners from highly in the 2012 • Know the gaps bme backgrounds framework (good data analysis) on apprenticeship Narrow the gaps (consider • 2. Equality and Quality go programmes effective pedagogy, focus on the hand in hand….this isn’t just about your individual (target setting, motivating What success stories can we share on • journey towards equality... and mentoring, raising aspirations how we have narrowed learner and ambitions) equality recruitment gaps? What 3. There is a bigger picture Celebrate gap busting critical success factors are in here…. • (acknowledge and build on success) common? www.newbubbles.com
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