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Self-assessment, evidence, OTLA, deep dives, learner voice, safeguarding, curriculum, policies, SAR drafting and governor reports. One connected platform, built for Further Education and Skills providers.

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Toolkit
Evidence
OTLA
Surveys
Safeguarding
Curriculum
SAR
Reports
Chapter 00Before QualityHero
00

Quality, scattered across fourteen tools

Evidence buried in inboxes. SAR copy-pasted from last year? QIP that nobody updates. Safeguarding logs in a Word doc. Governors asking questions you can't answer in the meeting.

Sound familiar?
It doesn't have to be like this.
The status quo5 problems flagged
๐Ÿ“„SAR_2024_FINAL_v7_actually_final.docx
stale
๐Ÿ“Evidence โ€” SAFEGUARDING folder (47 items)
lost
๐Ÿ“ŠSafeguarding log.xlsx
shared
๐Ÿ“QIP - updated by Sara 6 months ago
stale
โœ‰๏ธInbox: Re: Re: Fwd: Inspector visit?
panic
Chapter 01AUGUST
01

Set the baseline

Grade every area of the FE & Skills Inspection Toolkit using a 5-point scale and sub-criteria. Your heatmap fills in as you go, so the whole leadership team sees where you stand from day one.

Toolkit self-assessment5-point gradingLive heatmap
August starts with a clean baseline, not a blank page.
Toolkit grades
Live heatmap
URGENT IMPROVEMENT
EXCEPTIONAL
Chapter 02Autumn term
02

Evidence as you go

Drop in policies, observations, reports and external links - tagged by area and sub-criteria. Evala reads each document and surfaces the quotes, themes and highlights you'll quote in your SAR.

Evidence libraryCoverage tagsAI evidence insights
Evidence is captured the moment it exists, not the week before inspection.
Evala reading your evidence
Safeguarding policy v4.2.pdfSAFEGUARDING
...clear escalation routes for all staff...
Lesson obs - L3 Health.pdfTEACHING, TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT
...strong assessment for learning evident...
Learner voice Q2.xlsxPARTICIPATION
...92% feel safe and respected...
Chapter 03WINTER
03

See what's really happening in the classroom

Run OTLA observations, Deep Dive reviews and QA forms - each one structured, standardised and linked to a toolkit area. Findings flow straight into your QIP as actions with owners and due dates.

OTLAsDeep DivesQA formsStandardisation
What you see in lessons drives what changes next week.
From classroom to QIP
OTLA observation
L3 Business, 14 Feb
Finding
Stretch & challenge inconsistent
QIP action
Owner: J. Patel ยท Due 28 Mar
Chapter 04Spring
04

Bring in the voice of your provision

Launch learner voice, staff and stakeholder surveys with shareable links. Track attendance trends. Feed every response straight into your governance pack and SAR narrative.

Learner voiceStaff & stakeholder surveysAttendance
Your SAR is written with the sector's voice, not just yours.
Learner voice - Q3 results
Positive 70%Neutral 18%Action needed 12%
"Tutors really care about my progress."
"More feedback on assignments would help."
"I feel safe on campus and online."
Chapter 05All year
05

Safeguarding, properly tracked

Log and risk-rate concerns, manage disclosures, and run learner quizzes on Prevent, FBV, safeguarding and online safety. Psychometric tools surface wellbeing and learning preferences before they become risks.

Case trackingDisclosuresQuizzesPsychometrics
Nothing falls through the cracks. Full audit trail, ready when asked.
Safeguarding case log
Full audit trail
SG-241Disclosure - referred to DSL
High
SG-242Attendance flag - monitoring
Medium
SG-243Online safety quiz incomplete
Low
SG-244External agency referral
High
Chapter 06Throughout
06

Curriculum, policies and standardisation

Map your curriculum, manage programme groups and tutors, and run policies through a proper approval flow with version history. Standardisation built in, not bolted on.

Curriculum managementProvider policiesProgramme groups
Governance lives in the platform, not on someone's hard drive.
Policy approval flow
Drafted
Quality lead
Internal review
SLT
3
Approval
Principal
4
Published & shared
All staff
Chapter 07Summer
07

Write the SAR in hours, not weeks

Generate and send your SAR to Ofsted anytime of the year. Evala drafts your Self-Assessment Report from your live grades, evidence, observations and QIP actions. Section by section, in your voice, with citations back to the source. You sign off.

Evala SAR drafterArea strengthsPublished outcomes
The SAR you'd have written, if you'd had three more weeks.
Evala drafting Quality of Education

Our intent is sequenced around [evidence: curriculum-map-v4] and informed by employer panels held in autumn term.

Lesson observations across all curriculum areas show [evidence: OTLA-Q2-summary] consistent application of assessment for learning.

drafting next paragraph...

Chapter 08Governors & inspection
08

Board-ready, inspection-ready

Generate a full leadership report - inspection readiness, QIP progress, safeguarding, performance, compliance - straight from live data. RAG rated. Printable. Shareable. Add your own sections so nothing is missed.

Leadership reportsGovernance drafterRAG ratings
Walk into the board meeting with the pack already written.
Governor pack - May
Ready to print
Inspection readiness
QIP progress
Safeguarding
Performance & outcomes
Compliance
Risks flagged
Chapter 09The through-line
09

Meet Evala, your AI co-writer

Evala helps you draft your SAR, spot the gaps in your grading, read your evidence, brief you on changes, nudges you on attendance, and answers questions about your own data. Trained on FE quality, not generic prose.

SAR draftingGap analysisEvidence insightsBriefings
An AI that actually understands FE & Skills quality.
Chat with Evala
Where are we weakest on participation?
Three sub-criteria sit at grade 3+. Want the top action for each?
Yes - and draft the SAR paragraph.
Sector benchmarking

See where you sit against the rest of the sector,
without naming names.

Anonymous, aggregated grade distributions across FE & Skills providers, so you know whether 'Expected Standard' on Inclusion is the norm or an outlier.

Your whole quality year,
in one workspace.

Stop reverse-engineering your SAR in December. Start the year with the platform that grows your evidence base every week.

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