How to write an effective quality improvement plan
Your self-assessment report is complete and now there’s the improvement plan to finalise. I don’t know about you but in my experience, my heads of department and I had occasionally run out of [...]
Mesma client tpm secures ‘good’ Ofsted inspection
AN ONLINE quality assurance resource enabled independent training provider tpm (Training Plus Merseyside Ltd) to have all the important information to hand as it recently retained its Ofsted [...]
Ofsted: Key findings from apprenticeship inspections – new resource
We recently published a blog post and supporting download here summarising the key findings from recent Ofsted reports of colleges. Leaders and managers in both colleges and independent training [...]
Mesma welcomes new senior appointment
Expansion at Gateshead-based Mesma has led to co-founder Carole Loader moving into the business on a full-time basis from her senior position at a national FE provider. The move will allow the [...]
Mesma helps Baltic Training prepare for Ofsted
Education provider support company Mesma has helped a County Durham training organisation to improve the way it manages its quality assurance activity. Gateshead-based Mesma has worked with [...]
Ofsted Consults on Radical Changes
Ofsted has confirmed today it’s intention to consult on radical changes to early years, schools and FE inspections. ‘Launching an eight-week consultation, Sir Michael Wilshaw said the [...]
Mesma prepares schools for inspection
Ofsted can often visit schools at very short notice, and staff members need to be ready for these drop-ins. Identifying this issue, Mesma have developed an online resource to help teachers be [...]
Good Practice Report in Vocational Education
Education and Skills Foundation good practice guide in conjunction with Ofsted can be found here: [...]
Damning Ofsted report for Middlesbrough Council
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/news/middlesbrough-council%E2%80%99s-support-for-school-improvement-found-ineffective-reports-ofsted-0
Matthew Coffey speech at AoC conference
Matthew Coffey has given some insight into the forthcoming annual Ofsted report, due to be published in December. A video of him speaking at the AoC Conference can be found here: [...]
