The Whole Organisation Development Process has been designed, by the sector for the sector, to establish a prison led approach to quality improvement of learning, skills and work. The pack aims to support the Learning and Skills Manager and the Quality Improvement Group to:

- assess the position of their learning, skills and work provision in relation to Ofsted’s new Common Inspection Framework (2015);
- assist them in preparation for formal inspection;
- support the role of the Nominee.

The aim of this module is to support managers with the development of the self-assessment report (SAR); and to consider how to use the SAR as a monitoring and quality assurance/improvement tool

Although primarily aimed at practitioners (teachers, trainers, assessors), both English and maths and vocational, it will also be of interest to senior staff with whole organisation responsibility for English and maths/functional skills; curriculum managers; quality and HR managers.

Within the constraints of minimun contract levels, many smaller providers are no longer subject to Ofsted inspection in their own right. This case study shows how KATO worked together to review quality improvement processes, develop and implement fit-for-purpose frameworks, and develop a toolkit. This resource includes the case study, an overview of the self-assessment toolkit and the toolkit spreadsheet.

This case study shows how Shipley College sought to address the situation in previous years where the Self-Assessent Review (SAR) has always resulted in many copies in many places and no consistency to version control. Through this project Shipley College used Google Apps (cloud technology) to streamline the SAR process.