AELP Webinar

Karen was an HMI for Ofsted from 2007 to 2016, having previously worked for the Adult Learning Inspectorate and the Training Standards Council as a full-time inspector. She held the post of Ofsted’s Special Adviser for Further Education and Skills from 2012 to 2016. This involved: developing inspection frameworks and handbooks in FE and skills; training inspectors on revised inspection methodology; and analysing inspection findings for Ofsted and Annual Reports and thematic reviews. As an inspector, she led inspections in providers, independent training providers, employer providers general FE colleges, local authority providers and prisons, having previously taught and/or managed in these contexts for 20 years. Since leaving Ofsted, Karen has been a National Leader of Governance and was involved in developing the Code of Good Governance for independent training providers.