Apprenticeship Quality Assurance
Colleges and training providers must consider apprenticeship quality assurance in all of their delivery activities. The underlying...
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Capella Systems
- Dec 16, 2018
- 2 min
FE and Apprenticeship Self-Assessment Templates
Many FE and Apprenticeship providers start looking for self-assessment templates at this time of year as OfSTED expects Self Assessment...
Capella Systems
- Dec 6, 2018
- 2 min
Risk Assessment Module Release
We are delighted to announce that we have just released the new risk assessment module in Stedfast. This is an important feature as it...
Capella Systems
- Nov 27, 2018
- 2 min
Policy and Procedure Management
One of the key requirements for all colleges and training providers is to manage a raft of policies and procedures needed by various...
Capella Systems
- Nov 7, 2018
- 2 min
OfSTED Inspecting further education and skills providers
OfSTED has published a number of updates to its guidance for the inspection of further education and skills providers. One of the areas...
Capella Systems
- Nov 2, 2018
- 2 min
Curriculum Focus for OfSTED
Amanda Spielman, OfSTED’s Chief Inspector, has clarified that there should be a significant shift from focusing on learner outcomes to a...
Capella Systems
- Oct 31, 2018
- 2 min
Apprenticeship Standard Programme Reviews
How do you plan your apprenticeship standards programmes? How do you review the quality of these programmes? How can you demonstrate that...
Capella Systems
- Oct 8, 2018
- 2 min
OfSTED Online Self Assessment
We are moving into the time of year when a few things start to happen; the days will become shorter, there will be the talk of Christmas...
Capella Systems
- Oct 2, 2018
- 5 min
Facebook Advertising for Colleges and Training Providers
Facebook has been in the news in the last few months, and the company's PR team is probably in overdrive. If you believe the news, then...
Capella Systems
- Sep 20, 2018
- 2 min
Organisation Performance Review
We know that education and training providers have many performance management requirements, so we have taken an approach in Stedfast to...
Capella Systems
- Sep 19, 2018
- 2 min
Apprenticeship Funding
Anyone receiving apprenticeship funding must consider the levels of quality assurance and compliance. If you have successfully navigated...
Capella Systems
- Sep 13, 2018
- 2 min
Measuring Apprenticeship Standards Outcomes
We have written previously about how our outcomes assessment system, Stedfast, is able to support education and training providers in...
Capella Systems
- Sep 12, 2018
- 2 min
Measuring Apprenticeship Standards Performance
The move from Apprenticeship frameworks to standards has been in progress for a few years. We see the first significant volume of...
Capella Systems
- Aug 31, 2018
- 2 min
Updated OfSTED Inspection Framework
Colleges and Training Providers should be aware that OfSTED have updated the “Inspection Framework” The main changes have been around how...
Capella Systems
- Jun 27, 2018
- 2 min
Apprenticeship 20% Off the Job Training
A really interesting article appeared in FE News yesterday about the 20% off-the-job training requirement and Ofsted’s take on it....
Capella Systems
- May 6, 2018
- 2 min
Effective Observation of Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Anyone provider of technical and vocational education and training subject to inspection by OfSTED must ensure that they have robust and...
Capella Systems
- May 4, 2018
- 2 min
Considering the importance of CPD
There are a few areas within the OfSTED inspection framework that need leaders, managers and staff to give consideration to CPD. These...
Capella Systems
- Apr 3, 2018
- 2 min
Apprenticeship Standards Outcomes Assessment
Apprenticeship standards are now firmly on their way to replacing apprenticeship frameworks. However, too many organisations are simply...
Capella Systems
- Mar 11, 2018
- 2 min
OfSTED Quality Assurance Management System
We have been developing Stedfast for the last 3 years to meet the quality assurance requirements of technical and vocational education...
Capella Systems
- Feb 12, 2018
- 2 min
Update to Stedfast
We will be launching a major update of the Stedfast system this summer. As well as making changes to the functionality, we have also...
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