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SUMMARY:Level 4 Certificate in Leading the IQA of Assessment Processes and Practice
DESCRIPTION:This Level 4 accredited qualification is designed to develop delegates practical quality assurance skills helping them to become effective quality assurance practitioners in a range of Post-16 contexts both in the workplace and in the classroom.  This course covers both ‘Internal Quality Assurance’ and ‘Lead Quality Assurance’ roles.\n\nWe anticipate that delegates will already be working in post-16 education as a teacher/ trainer/assessor or coach. Delegates may have a strong vocational background and some will have moved into teaching/ assessing as a secondary career.\n\nThrough participation in this important strand of the Solvendis Teaching Excellence programme you will complete three modules to help you develop and craft your assessment skills.  These modules require 3 days of taught sessions and then for delegates to gather evidence from their own professional practice before returning to a 1:1 portfolio review.\n\nDelivery is made up of 3 mandatory modules as follows:\n\n 	Understanding the Principles and Practices of Internally Assuring the Quality of\nAssessment\n 	Internally Assure the Quality of Assessment\n 	Plan\, allocate and Monitor Work in Own Area of Responsibility\n\nTotal attendance time is 3 days of delivery and then a separate 1:1 session once all evidence has been gathered and submitted.\nAll delegates must have access to a suitably qualified mentor who can offer advice\, support and guidance during the practical application and portfolio creation.\n\nDates and Times of attendance:\n\n 	16\, 23 & 30 November 2026 (all days 10.00 – 4.00)
URL:https://www.fenews.co.uk/event/level-4-certificate-in-leading-the-iqa-of-assessment-processes-and-practice-2/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Being an Effective Ofsted Nominee under the Revised Ofsted Framework
DESCRIPTION:Every nominee deserves proper preparation.\n\nBeing named as an Ofsted nominee is a significant responsibility\, but people often step into the role without dedicated training. Based on client demand\, we have created this two-part workshop that gives nominees across FE colleges\, universities\, and independent training providers the introductory knowledge\, confidence and practical tools to represent their organisation credibly during inspection as an outcome of effective planning.\n\nFocused entirely on ensuring you are well prepared\, it combines expert input\, practical activities and facilitated reflection to build real capability\, not just awareness.\n\nThis 2-part workshop will help you to:\n\n 	Understand the full scope and boundaries of the nominee role\n 	Know your data and present it with confidence and accuracy\n 	Respond to inspector questions calmly and credibly\n 	Walk into inspection preparation with a clear personal brief\n\nYou will receive a suite of practical resources:\n\n 	Pre-inspection Planning Checklist – Updated to the September 2026 toolkit and operating guide. Nine sections covering inspection coordination\, notification-ready communications\, context and self-assessment readiness.\n 	Planning Call Positioning Template – A structured template to help you build confidence ahead of the planning calls. Built to run in 10 to 15 minutes.\n 	Learning Walk Template – Resource to support structuring the three learning walks to help you to celebrate your strengths and highlight areas of focus.\n 	Data by Evaluation Area – What data is relevant to each of the seven evaluation areas\, as a working reference rather than a checklist. Used alongside the data confidence activity between sessions.\n 	Context Position Statement Diagnostic – Prompts for articulating context: who you serve\, what shapes their starting points\, what has changed since the last inspection. Word version in the pack\, interactive version in Mesma.\n 	Self Assessing Brilliantly recording – Automatic access to the next live session or the recent webinar recording.\n\nWorkshop Breakdown\n\nPart 1\, Thursday 26 November\, 10am-12:30pm: Understanding the role\, your context and your data\n\n 	What the nominee role is\, is not\, and the importance of the people around them.\n 	The nominee as champion of your learners.\n 	Translating your context into an inspection schedule.\n 	Knowing your data\, and helping your evaluation area leads know theirs.\n\nPart 2\, Thursday 3 December\, 10am-12:30pm: Leading the inspection week\n\n 	Working with the inspection team to build the evidence base.\n 	Making the most of case sampling and learning walks.\n 	Working successfully with the lead inspector.\n\nWe recommend taking the time to visit the Ofsted Academy recordings prior to joining to develop a base level of understanding of inspection.\n\nAbout your session\n\nThe 2-part workshop is led by Lou Doyle\, Director and Co-Founder of SDN Mesma Group\, with over 25 years’ experience in inspection readiness\, quality improvement\, strategy\, change leadership\, and governance. SDN Mesma Group are leading experts in education and employment support and quality assurance\, supporting over 2\,000 providers and 11\,500 staff to adapt and improve the delivery of technical education and assessment.\n\nWho’s it for?\n\n 	Newly appointed or inexperienced nominees\n 	Individuals stepping into the role without formal preparation\n 	Professionals responsible for representing their organisation during inspection\n\n“Thank you… you are making such a difference to the sector!”\n\n – Barbara Van der Eecken\, Bvde Quality Solutions Ltd\n\n“The webinar was excellent as usual – Lou is very knowledgeable and engages the audience really well … always insightful and helpful especially as I am very much managing this ‘on my own’!”\n\n“Very insightful that left me with actionable steps to take afterwards.”\n\n“Excellent session – shared really useful information and guidance could have watched all day”\n\n – Quality event attendees\n\nBooking and payment:\n\nThese workshops should be attended live to receive the full benefit from breakout activities.\n\nIf you have several staff who would benefit\, let us know and we’ll send you details of the most cost-effective way of accessing the session.\n\nIf you’re a public sector body (e.g. Local Authority)\, and unable to book via card\, please email us. When you make a booking\, you agree to these Terms and Conditions (including those who request a booking via email and invoice)\n\nSDN Mesma Group professional development is designed for Government funded Training Providers. If you’re not a Government funded Training Provider but are still interested in attending please email events@strategicdevelopmentnetwork.co.uk to discuss your attendance in more detail before booking.\n\nMesma software users receive a discount on the price of this series\, via email.
URL:https://www.fenews.co.uk/event/being-an-effective-ofsted-nominee-under-the-revised-ofsted-framework/
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CATEGORIES:Workshops & Masterclasses
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SUMMARY:Designated Safeguarding Lead Training
DESCRIPTION:A provider’s Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) plays a critical role in its approach to safeguarding its learners\, training its staff\, providing support and guidance and taking responsibility for referral decisions – as well as dealing with Ofsted!  Although legislation focuses on the protection of children and vulnerable adults\, providers have a responsibility to protect all learners. \nThis course will provide information about what the role involves and is designed for staff new to the role and for those wanting to update their knowledge.  It includes direct delivery and a range of scenario-based activities to consider. \nKey outcomes of the day: \n\nUnderstand the implications of Keeping Children Safe in Education and revised Ofsted expectations\nKnow the likely roles of the Designated Safeguarding Lead\nBe able to recognise and respond to disclosures sensitively and efficiently\nKnow how and when to share information with other organisations\nImplementing safer recruitment strategies including the use of DBS checks\nKnow how to deal with allegations that involve staff\nKnow the key policies\, statute and inspection guidance that underpin the Prevent duty\nMaking referrals under the Prevent Duty\n\nThe programme will be delivered by a member of the Solvendis Quality Improvement and Inspection Team and serving inspector. \nAll delegates will receive a Solvendis certificate of attendance which documents the training content.
URL:https://www.fenews.co.uk/event/developing-confidence-when-planning-and-delivering-british-values/
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SUMMARY:Preparing for Apprenticeship Assurance Review & Audit in 2027
DESCRIPTION:Assurance risk is moving in the sector. Prepare for DfE assurance review or other external audit with confidence.\n\nDfE Assurance reviews and external audits expose weaknesses across systems\, evidence and operational practice. If you’re fully prepared\, you can avoid the disruption caused by implementing corrective actions under pressure.\n\nThis focused three-hour webinar will help you understand the apprenticeship compliance assurance landscape for 2027\, recognise common findings\, assess your readiness and prepare you for funding compliance scrutiny and external audit.\n\nStrengthen your organisational readiness and get practical tools and greater confidence in your organisation’s ability to withstand review.\n\nWe’ll help you to understand:\n\n 	Common assurance findings and what they indicate about underlying control weaknesses\n 	The typical assurance review approach\, including controls questionnaires\, evidence testing including PDSAT sampling\, enquiry and validation\n 	The tools that support effective preparation\n 	How to use an action plan to assign ownership\, timescales and evidence of completion\n 	How to build and maintain a compliance risk register that supports active oversight\n 	Practical steps to prepare teams\, records\, systems and governance arrangements for review\n\nDelegate Toolkit:\n\nYou’ll receive a delegate toolkit for use during and after the webinar. Use these resources to translate the webinar content into a readiness plan for your organisation.\n\n 	Action Plan Template: Helps turn priorities into clear\, accountable actions.\n 	Controls Questionnaire: Enables self-assessment of current controls.\n 	Compliance Risk Register: Supports prioritisation and oversight of compliance risks.\n\nAbout your session\n\nThe session will be facilitated by David Lockhart-Hawkins is an experienced apprenticeship compliance\, assurance and governance specialist who supports education and training organisations to understand funding requirements\, strengthen internal controls and prepare for external scrutiny. His work includes compliance assurance reviews\, risk-based audits\, due diligence and advisory support\, with a particular focus on translating complex funding rules into practical\, proportionate action. David brings an evidence-led and operational perspective to assurance\, helping leaders identify emerging risks\, address the root causes of recurring findings and build sustainable approaches to compliance.
URL:https://www.fenews.co.uk/event/preparing-for-apprenticeship-assurance-review-audit-in-2027/
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