Ofsted Inspector
Fern Jest
Active in published reports from Jul 2022 to May 2025.
Inspections
11
As lead
0
0% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
1
Schools & FE 11
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Schools & FE11 graded by Fern
Fern
National
| Outstanding | 0% | 10% | -10 |
| Good | 82% | 66% | +16 |
| Requires improvement | 18% | 19% | -1 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 5% | -5 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 11 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Fern Jest's reports read warmer than others with the same grade (warmer than 90% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- +7
- Length
- +13%
- Next steps
- 3.1
- per report
- Hedged
- 9%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Staff development 100%Leadership & governance 100%Teaching & assessment 100%Progress & outcomes 91%Curriculum 82%Personal development 82%Behaviour 55%Maths 45%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Behaviour and attitudes11
Leadership and management11
Personal development11
Quality of education11
All inspections (11)
- Weymouth and Kingston Maurward College16 May 2025 ·Further education· Dorset· very positive tone· Steve Battersby, Alison Attfield, Chloe Rendall +10Good
- University of Brighton7 Feb 2025 ·Higher education institutions· Brighton and Hove· very positive tone· Mark Hillman, Fern Jest, Jo-Ann Henderson +5Good
- Truro and Penwith College6 Dec 2024 ·Further education· Cornwall· very positive tone· Paul James, Bev Ramsell, Christine Lacey +10Good
- Petroc11 Oct 2024 ·Further education· Devon· positive tone· Steve Battersby, Alun Maddocks, Christine Lacey +9Requires improvement
- University of Kent28 Jun 2024 ·Higher education institutions· Kent· mostly positive tone· Viki Faulkner, Daniel Lewsey, Fern Jest +4Good
- University of Bath16 Feb 2024 ·Higher education institutions· Bath and North East Somerset· very positive tone· Paul James, Daisy Agathine-Louise, Fern Jest +2Good
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council29 Sept 2023 ·Adult and Community Learning· Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole· positive tone· Steve Battersby, Amanda Washbrook, Cliff Shaw +3Good
- Exalt Training28 Jul 2023 ·Independent Learning Provider· Dorset· mixed tone· Paul James, Edward Bird, Fern Jest +3Requires improvement
- University of Bedfordshire20 Jan 2023 ·Higher education institutions· Luton· positive tone· Rebecca Perry, Ann Minton, Caroline Williams +4Good
- Captiva Learning Ltd28 Oct 2022 ·Independent Learning Provider· Newham· positive tone· Sue Hasty, Akhil Amlani, Biddy Lall +4Good
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust29 Jul 2022 ·Independent Learning Provider· Essex· positive tone· Sambit Sen, Claire Griffin, Fern Jest +1Good
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