Inspection briefing Youth

Topics to cover: 1 Introduction and inspection updates 2 What happens before inspection? 3 What happens during inspection? 4 What happens after inspection?

To promote the highest possible standards of learning, youth work and achievement across the youth sectors To promote improvement in the interest of all learners Purpose of inspection

CurrentPrevious Outstanding Very Good Good Important area(s) for improvement Satisfactory Requires significant improvement Inadequate Requires urgent improvement Unsatisfactory Used to report on the quality of: Achievement and standards Provision Leadership and management Revised performance levels

One of four inspection outcomes for overall effectiveness Inspection reporting The organisation has a high level of capacity for sustained improvement in the interest of all the learners. The ETI will continue to monitor how the organisation sustains improvement. Previously Outstanding or very good

Inspection reporting The organisation demonstrates the capacity to identify and bring about improvement in the interest of all the learners. The ETI will continue to monitor how the organisation sustains improvement. Previously good One of four inspection outcomes for overall effectiveness

One of four inspection outcomes for overall effectiveness Inspection reporting The organisation needs to address (an) important area(s) for improvement in the interest of all the learners. The ETI will monitor and report on the organisation’s progress in addressing the area(s) for improvement which include the need to…… There will be a follow-up inspection in months. Previously satisfactory

One of four inspection outcomes for overall effectiveness Inspection reporting The organisation needs to address urgently the significant areas for improvement identified in the interest of all the learners. The ETI will monitor and report on the organisation’s progress in addressing the need to…… There will be a follow-up inspection in months. Previously inadequate or unsatisfactory

What happens before inspection? Letter of notification, 2 weeks prior to inspection Immediately, the reporting inspector (RI) will make contact with the organisation via phone call – direct them to ETI website Within a few days, RI will conduct a briefing, information re: data, and other inspection requirements including, BIS, IOD, safeguarding proforma Immediately prior to inspection, organisation to data and other inspection material to the ETI (RI)

Pre-inspection information

Data requirements

PC and Safeguarding

What happens during inspection? Inspection teamInspection activitiesInspection reporting

ETI: Reporting and deputy reporting inspector Specialist inspectors – for example PE inspectors in outdoor education Associate assessors, if required Organisation: Organisation’s representative Inspection Team

Representative

Day 1-3 Meet with the representative - short overview of the organisation’s self-evaluation of the effectiveness of the provision Observation of sessions and activities Scrutinise documentation Meetings with key personnel Review of care, support and guidance Focus groups with young people, learners Daily report backs to representative Inspection Activities

Day 4 and 5 Moderation meeting, the representative is invited to attend Spoken report back Inspection Activities

Opportunities for representative to attend all meetings during the inspection, including the moderation meeting Spoken report back of main findings One of six performance levels used for each of the three key questions – A&S, Q of P and L&M One of the four inspection outcomes used for overall effectiveness Written SOKF and overall conclusion left with the organisation [provisional] Inspection reporting

A self-evaluation tool: Achievements and standards Quality of provision for learning Leadership and management Together Towards Improvement

How well do the young people achieve? –Personal development –Social development Achievements and standards

How effective are youth work planning, practice and assessment? –Planning –Practice –Assessment Quality of provision for learning

How well do the learning experiences, programmes and activities meet the needs of the young people and the wider community? –Curriculum Quality of provision for learning

How effective are leadership and management in raising achievement and supporting the young people? –Strategic leadership –Action to promote improvement –External links –Equality of opportunity –Safeguarding Leadership and management

Inspection outcomes What happens after inspection &

WHAI

Organisation receives a pre-publication copy of the report for factual accuracy check The RI considers any factual errors identified, and if necessary, discuss these with the organisation, making any required adjustments to the report prior to publication Report publishes on the ETI website, normally within 30 days of spoken report back

Inspection follow-up process

If safeguarding is evaluated as unsatisfactory Safeguarding areas for improvement followed-up by the ETI within 6 working weeks Short letter publishes on the ETI website

Inspection outcomes and what happens after inspection Overall effectiveness outcome ActionFollow-up process The ETI will continue to monitor how the organisation sustains improvement. Sustaining improvement inspection The organisation has a high level of capacity for sustained improvement in the interest of all the learners. The organisation demonstrates the capacity to identify and bring about improvement in the interest of all the learners. The ETI will continue to monitor how the organisation sustains improvement. Organisation produces action plan to address AFIs Sustaining improvement inspection including AFIs identified in inspection.

Inspection outcomes and what happens after inspection Overall effectiveness outcome ActionFollow-up process Organisation produces action plan to address AFIs and submits it to DE within 30 days. ETI evaluate AP There will be a follow- up inspection in months. The organisation needs to address (an) important area(s) for improvement in the interest of all the learners. Organisation produces action plan to address AFIs and submits it to DE within 20 days. ETI evaluate AP There will be a follow- up inspection in months. The organisation needs to address urgently the significant areas for improvement identified in the interest of all the learners.

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