Consultation outcome

Changes to the publication of statistics on further education and skills inspections and outcomes

• From: Ofsted
• Published: 26 November 2020
• Last updated: 24 June 2021 — See all updates

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Further education and skills inspections and outcomes: a report on the responses to the consultation

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Detail of outcome

This is a report on the outcomes of the consultation on the proposals for changes to our statistical release on further education and skills inspections and outcomes.

In summary we will:

• make some, but not all, of the proposed changes to provider types and groups.
• undertake a one-off data cleanse by removing the inspection histories for providers with a prolonged break in funding.
• consult further on the methodology for the additional reporting on the quality of provision.

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Original consultation

Summary

This consultation seeks your views on proposed changes to our statistical release on further education and skills inspections and outcomes.

This consultation ran from
9:30am on 26 November 2020 to 11:45pm on 22 January 2021

Consultation description

Please note this consultation has been extended by 2 weeks and will now close on 22 January.

This consultation seeks your views on proposed changes to our statistical release on further education and skills inspections and outcomes. We are seeking the widest possible range of views to ensure that the publication meets the needs of users with an interest or expertise in further education and skills.

We propose to:

• make changes to provider types and provider groups so that similar types of providers delivering similar provision are grouped more effectively together
• carry out a one-time data cleanse for around 50 providers to remove their inspection histories from before they came back into funding and came back into scope for Ofsted inspection
• introduce more detailed reporting and deeper insights into the quality of education programmes for young people, adult learning programmes, apprenticeships and provision for learners with high needs across England

We will consider all responses carefully before finalising and publishing the results in February 2021.

Documents

Consultation proposals for the publication of statistics on further education and skills inspections and outcomes

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Equality, diversity and inclusion statement: statistics on further education and skills inspections and outcomes

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Experimental measures on the quality of provision

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Underlying data for figures

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Experimental quality measures

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Published 26 November 2020
Last updated 24 June 2021 + show all updates

1. 24 June 2021

   Updated consultation outcome document with a link to a dataset of providers (relating to the data cleanse mentioned in the consultation) and to clarify that we will publish experimental statistics for quality of provision in late summer 2021.

2. 11 March 2021

   Response to consultation published.

3. 21 December 2020

   Extended by 2 weeks to end on 22 January 2021.

4. 26 November 2020

   First published.