Lead Quality Improvement Consultant Phil Hatton
The lead learning improvement consultant of the LIS,
Phil Hatton, has an honours degree in science and postgraduate
qualifications in education and management. He has an
exemplary pedigree of attainment and innovation in the further
education sector as both a practitioner and an inspector. As a
teacher he mentored Certificate in Education students and
other lecturers and his teaching materials were used across
London through the ILEA teaching resource bank. As a manager
he has a track record of being outstanding both times he was
inspected by the Further Education Funding Council. At his
last inspection, where he was graded outstanding for quality
assurance, his systems were described in the report as being
exemplary to the sector, the
first time the inspectorate used the term in a report. Those
systems did what they should do, evaluated performance of
staff, learners and the services of the college, which were
carefully monitored and managed by Phil and his quality team.
Phil had already written six bestselling textbooks, worked
part-time as a journalist and expert witness, developed the
very first NVQ with a colleague from City and Guilds and led
ground breaking development of Higher National Diplomas. In
his first management role he turned around a poorly performing
science and maths section in a Kent college, followed by
similar work on a larger scale in an Essex college that had
the lowest attainment for 16 year olds in the country.
Following a research visit he was invited to give two
presentations to college principals in Canada.
His work as an inspector has been equally
impressive. Phil has led hundreds of inspections, including
area inspections, as well as inspections in colleges,
independent learning providers, adult and community learning
and employers. He was one of the first two part-time FEFC
inspectors and one of the first of 20 full-time Training
Standards Council (TSC) inspectors. He led on the inspection
of quality assurance for TSC and wrote the survey report on
Apprenticeships that led to the introduction of technical
certificates. During his time with the Adult Learning
Inspectorate Phil was one of the first to work with failing
providers in the Provider Development Unit, while his
innovative survey on engaging employers in the delivery of
work-based learning led to him setting up and developing the
Good Practice Database, managing the development of the site
and the first 200 examples. He regularly wrote articles
for the ALI and Ofsted publication Talisman on good practice
and quality improvement. In his time at Ofsted Phil has
delivered many highly rated presentations to national
conferences, was seconded to the Quality Improvement Agency
to write the Building Better Practice section and has the
unequalled record of leading and writing four surveys for
Ofsted in two years, including Ensuring Quality in the
Delivery of Apprenticeships in October 2012.
Phil left
Ofsted in January 2013 to dedicate the next phase of his
career to helping colleges and providers
who have a will to improve, to do so. His unrivalled
experience and ability to analyse performance puts him in a
unique position to get to the nub of the matter and come up
with both the right quick and long-term fixes that will
improve quality permanently. Any associate inspectors or
ex-HMI who work with Phil will be ones he trusts, who he has
observed inspecting and who themselves have a record of
achievement in education and training. This is unlike some
other companies who simply want the business, regardless of
their capacity to fulfil it with the right people. The LIS
will not overstretch itself, with Phil wanting to have a
personal involvement with every project that the Service takes
on. Phil wants to work with those organisations that really
want to move themselves forward. If you are one of them, use
the contact details on the main website page to discuss your
needs in confidence with Phil.
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