This blog was written by Annie Coles – SDN Mesma Group Technical Education Specialist When Ofsted talks about pedagogy, they are not trying to add academic pressure to an already demanding job; they are simply trying to understand ...
This blog was written by Annie Coles – SDN Mesma Group Technical Education Specialist We recently asked the Apprenticeships Conference audience which of the evaluation areas in the Ofsted toolkit had changed the conversation the most. ...
This blog was written by Ruth Joseph – SDN Mesma Group Partnerships Specialist Artificial intelligence is no longer a future challenge for the skills system — it is already reshaping how organisations operate and how learners prepare ...
Welcome back to your monthly round-up of our most popular insights and resources! Progress reviews are the glue that holds apprenticeships together FREE Ofsted webinar series – The Inclusion Index: What are the reports telling ...
This blog was written for FE News by SDN Mesma Group Co-Founder and Director, Lou Doyle. Lou is both an Apprenticeship and T Level Ambassador. She was awarded North East Skills Champion 2024 by the National Apprenticeship and Skills ...
We’re proud to be supporting Chartway Group with The Build Great Apprentices initiative, a new programme that has been awarded funding through the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Industry Impact Fund. Led by Chartway Group ...
For National Apprenticeship Week, we spoke to Mia Thornton, Marketing Executive at SDN Mesma Group. Mia completed her Level 3 Marketing Apprenticeship at 19, just before joining SDN Mesma Group in November 2025. Q: You’ve recently ...
This free session focused on learning from inspections conducted under the revised Ofsted Education Inspection Framework. The discussions in the session were shaped by the first batches of inspection reports in January 2026. This ...
Happy New Year and welcome back to your monthly round-up of our most popular insights and resources! Apprenticeship Governing Boards: What does 2026 hold? We take a look at the first revised EIF Ofsted inspection reports Nominations ...
This blog was written by Annie Coles & Stephen King – SDN Mesma Group Technical Education Specialists The first wave of Ofsted reports under the new inspection toolkit have landed, and they’re already sparking conversations ...
