When self assessing brilliantly becomes part of everyday practice, it creates the foundation for effective quality improvement planning, strong performance and sustainable success. When that effective practice is embedded, an Ofsted inspection confirms what leaders already know about the quality of their provision, with no surprises.
Self Assessing Brilliantly is our annual, practical webinar for anyone involved in evaluating and improving their provision, with a focus on making self-assessment a driver of improvement. Due to popular demand, we are hosting a live re-run on the 15th September, in case you couldn’t join us in July.
Nearly a year on from the revised Ofsted framework, and amid rapid developments in AI, we’ll reflect on emerging inspection themes while focusing on what really matters: understanding your provision, identifying strengths and areas for development, and taking the right action. These insights are valuable, but self assessing brilliantly is not about creating a SAR for inspectors. It’s about knowing your provision well, seeing what’s working, what’s not, and where action is needed.
Self assessing brilliantly means leaders use collective understanding to make better decisions and prioritise action with confidence.
Through practical examples and reflection, Annie Coles will explore how providers can strengthen their approach and support year-round improvement.
Can’t make the live session? Register anyway and we’ll send you the recording.
- Moving beyond self-assessment as a reporting exercise and using it as a driver for continuous improvement
- Building a culture of evidence-informed self assessment and what effective self assessment looks like in practice
- Engaging operational teams for a consistent approach
- Developing evaluative judgements supported by evidence
- Using self-assessment to inform prioritised quality improvement planning
- Ensuring your SAR reflects the reality of provision and supports organisational decision-making
- The opportunities and risks of using AI and how it can be applied brilliantly in the self-assessment process.
The session is led by Annie Coles, SDN Mesma Group’s Technical Education Specialist, with over 20 years’ experience across industry and further education. SDN Mesma Group supports the development of high-performing further education, skills, and employment support provision by translating policy, insight and specialist experience into practical implementation. Our work spans government departments, sector bodies, individual providers and practitioners. We have supported over 2,000 providers and 12,000 professionals.
“Very useful and matched my aspirations of how we’re going to reimagine our SAR.”
– David Jacob, University of South Wales
“Excellent session. Pace just right. Engaged everyone, but effective use of the chat function and polls.”
– Christine Smith, Better Futures Apprenticeships, Coventry University Group
“Very well planned, pitched at the right level and suits the needs of like-minded people.”
– Tracey Bedford, WS Training Ltd
“Very informative and no jargon.”
– Kirsty Taylor, Parenta