1. QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR THE
VET SECTOR
8 DECEMBER 2011

2. Self Assessment and Preparing for Inspection
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 College in 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 International Partnerships
14-18 year olds and 19+ Adults Providing routes to Higher Education & employment
Employers Workforce development Employability -adults outside the workplace supporting them towards employment
International Partnerships
Routes to Higher Education
Customised skills
In-country workplace development 6

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 7

8. Working with Employer Training solutions
Dedicated Employer responsiveness team, holders of the Customer First and Training Quality Standard awards.
More details at:
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 Aspiring to Excellence Plan
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. EXCELLENCE THROUGH THE WORKFORCE
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)