Ofsted has launched the much-anticipated consultation on proposed changes for FE and Skills inspections. It follows “The Big Listen”, its largest-ever public consultation, which set out a series of key changes in how it inspects ...
Whether you’re leading on quality improvement or supporting continuous professional development, observations can be a powerful tool for individual and organisational improvement. Done well, they build trust, encourage growth, ...
This blog was written by SDN Apprenticeship Development Specialist, Bradley Goldsworthy If you work in the apprenticeship sector, you’ll have noticed the world is shifting faster than ever. What was once a relatively stable environment ...
This blog is written by SDN’s Managing Director – Colin Bentwood. “In case you missed my talk at the Apprenticeship Conference in February– Taming the Apprenticeship Beast: strategies for resistance and complexity – I wanted to share ...
When it comes to safeguarding, many organisations still rely on online multiple-choice courses or short webinars to keep staff training up to date. But safeguarding isn’t a tick-box exercise—it’s about placing the learner at the heart ...
SDN Strategic Associate, David Lockhart Hawkins, has released a series of posts on the recently-published Qualification Achievement Rates (QAR), retention rates and pass rates for 2018-19 to 2023-24. In this blog, we have collated the ...
Ofsted has launched the much-anticipated consultation on proposed changes for FE and Skills inspections. That’s why we hosted this webinar with inspection and quality specialist, Lou Doyle, who unpacked the proposals with you. This ...
This blog was written by International Leadership Specialist, Simon Shaw – director of Leadership at Mojave Training and Senior Associate at the Strategic Development Network (SDN). I’ve recently reflected on what we really know about ...
The Provider Data Self-Assessment Tool (PDSAT) is a software tool provided by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) to help you analyse Individualised Learner Record (ILR) data and it’s an essential part of any provider’s ...
Today’s event was in partnership with Amazon, NHS Morcambe Bay and Association of Apprentices and it was great to hear from employers why they are investing in coaching, staff who have received our training and the students ...
