Changes to the publication of statistics on further education and skills inspections and outcomes

Please note this consultation has been extended by 2 weeks and will now close on 22 January.

This consultation seeks your views on proposed changes to our statistical release on further education and skills inspections and outcomes. We are seeking the widest possible range of views to ensure that the publication meets the needs of users with an interest or expertise in further education and skills.

We propose to:

• make changes to provider types and provider groups so that similar types of providers delivering similar provision are grouped more effectively together
• carry out a one-time data cleanse for around 50 providers to remove their inspection histories from before they came back into funding and came back into scope for Ofsted inspection
• introduce more detailed reporting and deeper insights into the quality of education programmes for young people, adult learning programmes, apprenticeships and provision for learners with high needs across England

We will consider all responses carefully before finalising and publishing the results in February 2021.