Reinspection Progress Record
This form should be used, where appropriate, to record the progress the provider has made against the
original inspection weaknesses for leadership and management and each area of learning. Complete this
form for each monitoring visit – it should also be used to inform the PDU and the local LSC or Jobcentre
Plus of progress. Use the notebook and evidence form for all other reinspection activities.
Ensure satisfactory aspects of provision have remained satisfactory or improved.
Inspect any new provision within the area of learning which has been introduced since the previous
inspection.
Inspector’s name:
Provider: Salford City Council
Inspection No: 8776
Leadership and management or area of learning:
Reinspection visit: (circle)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Type of reinspection: (circle)
Full
or
Partial
Visit date: 13 July 2006
Inadequate
management of
performance
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The new posts are now settled in with much clearer lines of
accountability and good levels of communication and team work.
 Data is being regularly used as a basis for discussion in 1:1
sessions; the ‘big form’ for tutors and monthly reports for team
leaders on retention, achievement, ethnicity, gender, disability
etc Team leaders manage tutor completion of the ‘big form’
which leads to individual action plans and targets. This has
helped to identify and address some long term running issue
with courses.
Management of subcontracted arrangements with the college is greatly
improved. Regular monthly data reports on learner progress are now
provided by the college. Monthly meetings have established SCC
expectations which now include a range of information on learners and
set targets for recruitment, retention and achievement, percentage of
learners across wards in terms of age, gender, ethnicity etc Additional
monitoring activities by SCC to include OTL, health and safety records,
learner inductions, evaluations and portfolios is also requested. SCC has
been effective in identifying college errors in data and the college has
been responsive to the new requests.
 Programme targets for recruitment, retention and achievement
are set up for September 2006 and the provider is sensibly
managing the appropriateness of these recruitment targets with
venues and availability of resources.
significant
good
Progress so far
some
Action taken and impact
none
Weaknesses
identified in
the original
report
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Poor control and
provision of
management
information
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Inadequate
monitoring of
Health and Safety
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Inadequate
promotion of
equality of
opportunity
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Further training for staff on the use of data and the TERMS
system is to take place in June 2006. The training and
development of the data manager is supporting a clearer focus
on further improvement and developments needed. Staff are
discussing data at team meetings and all team leaders can now
generate their own monthly reports. SCC FACL is making good
use of the North West Users group to identify and customise
paperwork and procedures.
Procedures for gathering data is improved, course registrations
forms are more detailed, registers are returned weekly. Course
amendment form and the MIS query form capture any changes
to learner status. Team leaders also monitor changes and
inaccuracies in learner information at tutor individual reviews by
cross checking the big form
SSC FACL is making good use of data to inform curriculum
planning. Equality data has been analysed and used to inform
the planning and targeting of curriculum provision for
September.
Targets are set in the 3 year plan for recruitment, achievement
of qualifications and personal targets. SCC FACL has no targets
for widening participation of minority groups.
There is no business plan to support the implementation of the
3 year development plan
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SCC FACL now has an identified person for health and safety
and a new health and safety action group. Risk assessments on
all venues are now complete; this includes monitoring of DDA
compliance. One programme has closed down because the
venue didn’t have liability insurance. The health and safety
action group consists of FACL working with Salford Consortium.
The group is currently doing accredited training - an EMTA NVQ
in health and safety. The group focus will be on new legislation,
training, relevant literature, accident books and sharing good
practice.
All staff are shortly to complete a one day training to achieve a
CIEH foundation certificate on health and safety in the
workplace. Staff recently completed the city council stress
assessment survey. The lifelong learning manager fed back the
results to the team and responded to issues raised. For example
staff now have copy of the city council policies and procedures,
dignity at work and the complaints procedure.
Information on health and safety in the tutor handbook is
comprehensive.
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A number of new initiatives now in place but have yet to impact
and become embedded. The staff survey carried out in May
2006 is currently being collated to inform the staff training plan in
equality and diversity. A lifelong learning equality and diversity
group is in place and carried out its first meeting on 30 June
2006. This is a potential forum for sharing good practice.
A new equality action plan identifies key areas for development
– staff training, impact measures, equality champions,
accessible technology, and equality in the curriculum –
differentiation, review of information for learners, and DDA
audits and reviews. Equality targets have been set with the
college.
The tutor handbook equality of opportunity is well written with
simplified information and links to the city council intranet and
policies.
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Reinforcement of learner understanding of equality and diversity
and monitoring of understanding is yet to be planned.
Monitoring of learning resources and materials is not in place
Learner have little access to information on available adaptive
technology
The team leader recognises the lack of targeting of hard to
reach learners in the family learning class visited, and of the
need to improve planning and targeting of provision in the future.
Develop family
learning provision
to meet the needs
of learners
throughout the city
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Improve curriculum
development and
planning
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Establishment of new posts, regular team meetings, and and
one to one reviews are a good basis for better planning and
development.
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Curriculum team meetings have been welcomed by staff and are
already leading to useful discussions and sharing of practice.
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An electronic folder for staff to store and share resources on the
network is planned.
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Overall significant steps have been taken to towards
improvement but they are too recent to have an impact on
provision.
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Training in the observation of teaching with Salford College
Quality and the support of an external consultant have moved
forward the development of a teaching observation system. The
format, guidance and reporting lines have been agreed in outline
but have yet to be formally incorporated into the written quality
procedures.
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The course review form has been improved to allow for more
qualitative comments. There is still work to do to integrate the
variety of reporting documents that are used, standardise the
procedure, and produce a database for analysis. Arrangements
for the collation and analysis of course review data is clear.
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The use of learner feedback to influence planning needs more
development. The development of a database to collate and
analyse this would be helpful, but little progress has been made
of this to date. However, learner feedback forms have led to
actions for improvement such as the introduction of a new
course information leaflet for literacy and numeracy provision.
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The evaluation form for literacy and numeracy have been
improved to make them more accessible to learners with literacy
needs. Although the process for gathering learner feedback in
one family learning group observed was thorough, the form used
was inappropriate for the learners.
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Registers are now sent in to the office weekly. This has eased
workflow and improved the accuracy of data held centrally.
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Data has now been used in curriculum meetings, but needs to
be presented in a different way to aid the work of the team
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The ‘Big Form’ (learner progression monitoring matrix) is now in
Incorporate quality
improvement into
the provision
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use, providing a useful cumulative record of information shared
at one to tone meetings between tutors and team leaders.
Introduced for monitoring purposes primarily, it has also led to
discussion about quality issues.
Extra issues raised on reinspection visit
Partnerships
Some good use of networks and regional links to rationalise training and
curriculum provision and gather feedback for the SAR. For example, the
survey work with voluntary and community sector identifying requests for
entry level programme and support for use of NLDC funds.
The new termly meeting with partners and adult and learning skills group
providing a strategic link and better local information to more effectively
plan provision.
Training in Elearning
Interesting developments and staff training on use of E portfolios to
support the embedding of RARPA for example, digital recorders and
cameras for learners. To improve staff flexibility to work in a range of
venues training is being provided on the use of mimeo board and
personal digital assistants.
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