Inspection and Sustainable Development Melanie Hunt Director, Learning & Skills

The next step… | 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… | 3 Sustainable Development at 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… | 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… | 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… | 6 Ofsted Inspects: our new single framework  Overall effectiveness  Outcomes for learners  Quality of provision  Capacity to improve  Leadership and management

The next step… | 7 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 Integrating sustainable development

The next step… | 8 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 Integrating sustainable development

The next step… | 9 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 Integrating sustainable development

The next step… | 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… | 11 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? Self Assessment and Sustainable Development