Ofsted Short Inspection Report 2019

The Ofsted Short Inspection Report 2019 is based on the latest available Ofsted guidance detailing the information required during a short inspection. The document the report is based on is the Further education and skills inspection handbook, section 58.

There are a series of tables showing the following information:

Details of the courses/programmes being delivered and their mode of delivery

This shows the number of live aims (including programme aims) by funding model, programme type, aim type (programme, main or other) and aim type.

Current learners by age group

This shows learners where the POT termination date is not entered, split by age group. The age group is taken from the learner’s age on the POT start date, and only learners who fall into the groups 14-16, 16-18 or 19+ are included. Learners who were 16 at the POT start are included in 16-18, not 14-16.

Current non-apprenticeship learners by sector and NVQ level

This shows learners where the POT termination date is not entered and programme type is not 2, 3, 10, 20, 21, 22, 23 or 25, split by SSA and NVQ level. The NVQ level must be E, M, U, X, 1, 2, 3 or 4 (E, M, U and X are counted as level 1 or below).

Apprenticeship learners by sector, level, age group and standard / framework

This shows learners and achievement rates where the POT termination date is not entered and programme type is 2, 3, 10, 20, 21, 22, 23 or 25, split by SSA, apprenticeship level, age group and standard or framework (there are separate tables for standards and frameworks). Age group is taken from the learner’s age on the POT start date, and only learners who fall into the groups 16-18, 19-24 or 25+ are included. The apprenticeship level is based on programme type as follows:

Apprenticeship Level Programme Types
Advanced 2
Intermediate 3
Higher 10, 20, 21, 22, 23
Trailblazer / Standard 25

Employability, Traineeship and Community Learning learners

This shows learners where the POT start date is on or before the current date, the POT termination date is not entered or is within the past 12 months and:

If the POT termination date is not entered, the learner is grouped under Current, else they are grouped under Attended in last 12 months.

Learners on study programmes with no substantial qualification

This shows learners where the POT termination date is not entered, programme type is entered and:

Learners with special educational needs, disabilities or high-needs funding

This shows learners where the POT termination date is not entered and:

If HNS is 1 then the learner is counted under High needs student; if LLDD and health problem is Yes or SEN is 1 then the learner is counted under Special education needs or disabilities. Note that a learner can appear in both categories if the criteria is met for both.

Geographical spread of training premises and learners by sector

This shows learners where the POT termination date is not entered, grouped by county, town, employer and SSA. Employers are included against a learner where the employment type is Employer (short string E) and the employment end date is not set. If a learner has multiple employers that meet that criteria, the one with the most recent employment start date is used. The employer location displayed in the table is taken from EMPLOYERSITE.POSTTOWN.

Learners by subcontractor and sector

This shows learners where the POT termination date is not entered, grouped by subcontractor and SSA. The contractors are taken from the delivery contractors table (TRDELIVERYCONTRACTOR), where the contractor is different to the learner’s main contractor (from the summary tab in Maytas).

It is possible in some cases for data issues to result in a mismatch between the total counts for a table and the counts on the drilldown, specifically where a learner has multiple POT records where the termination date is not entered or where a learner has multiple live employment records of type E with the same start date. The counts in these cases are in fact correct – the issue is that these learners can be included in multiple groups and therefore are counted twice in the summary total. For instance, a learner with two open POTs with different start dates may fall into two different age groups, and so the total on table 1 would count them twice, whereas the drilldown on the total would only count them once.

The most substantial course(s) or learning programme(s)

This section is not part of the Ofsted guidance document, but was requested to be included by customers as it shows information which is useful for an Ofsted short notice inspection. The tables in this section show the most substantial courses or learning programmes, broken down by SSA, qualification and level. There are separate tables for each SSA and for Education & Training and Apprenticeship achievement rates.

The Education & Training tables use the following figures:

The Apprenticeship tables use the following figures:

The criteria for the table Learners on study programmes with no substantial qualification has also been updated so that it only includes learners with a main or programme aim funding model of 25. It also no longer requires a programme type to be entered.