QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR THE VET SECTOR 8 DECEMBER 2011

1. QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR THE VET SECTOR 8 DECEMBER 2011

2. Overview • Introductions (Angela Edwards and Nicole Barber) • A case study – Westminster Kingsway College • Aspiring to Excellence through Quality Assurance Self Assessment and Preparing for Inspection The WKC approach! • Teacher Training for Excellence in the VET sector

3. Westminster Kingsway College –a Further Education Collegein England

4. WKC key statistics • Approx 15,000 students • 37% male, 63% female • 1% aged under 16; • 15% aged from 16-18; • 84% aged over 19 • 500 staff • 50% lecturers & assessors • 10% managers • 40% business support • £35 million turnover

5. Our sites across central London

6. Strategic priorities

7. Curriculum specialisms Primary specialism: Hospitality (Culinary Arts, Hotel Management, Travel & Tourism) VET Teacher Training and Assessor Academy Creative Industries and Digital Media English Language (ESOL) Leadership and Management (including Business & Finance) Clients include: Major Public Sector employers Major international Corporates Small/Medium sized enterprises – focussing on entrepreneurial skills

8. Working with Employer Training solutions • Dedicated Employer responsiveness team, holders of the Customer First and Training Quality Standard awards. • More details at: www.employertrainingsolutions.co.uk • Staff excellence recognised through Star Awards. • Matrix Award for IAG (Information, Advice & Guidance) • Rated ‘Outstanding’ for Employer engagement under the Framework for Excellence • ‘Outstanding Partnerships’ – Ofsted 2011

9. Westminster Kingsway College Preparing for Inspection and the Self-Assessment Report Process The WKC Approach!

10. Quality Assurance 1 • Ofsted (Lesson Observations/SAR/Safeguarding) • Skills Funding Agency (Framework for Excellence) • Framework for Excellence • Training Quality Standard • Sector Skills Councils • Awarding Bodies • Colleges internal quality assurance

11. Quality Assurance 2 Quality Policy • The primary aim of Westminster Kingsway College is to support all of its students in realising their ambitions as learners within a diverse and fully inclusive educational community. • In addition to providing a high standard of education and training we will ensure that these standards remain high and continuously improve. This will be done by continually monitoring the work we do with a set of quality improvement arrangements.

12. Quality Assurance 3 The college’s processes have been designed to: • create straightforward and manageable systems to which all members of staff can contribute • meet the external requirements of the funding bodies, the inspection regimes and the awarding bodies • to reflect best practice in the sector

13. Quality Assurance 4 The approach – the norm rather than for Inspection: • Aspiring to Excellence Plan • Department Reviews with College Executive Team • Review Weeks • Lesson Observation • Self-Assessment Reports

14. FURTHER EDUCATION EXCELLENCE THROUGH THE WORKFORCE

15. The Lifelong Learning Sector Teacher Training for VET Excellence • The Institute for Learning • The FE Workforce Development Strategy • Routes into Teaching - post-compulsory sector • Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

16. Workforce Development Strategy - 4 Priority Areas (graph from LLUK site 2010)

17. nicole.barber@westking.ac.uk angela.edwards@westking.ac.uk