The Head of Library, Heritage & Adult Education Services summarised the report and asked the Panel for any questions.

We are well prepared for Ofsted, we are in an unusual position in that we may be inspected under either the old or new framework that will start in September 2019.

A self-assessment report is produced annually that provides a greater level of detail on service performance. Performance shows an upward trend in most areas including learner and enrolment numbers although overall retention was down and actions have been put into place to improve this for this academic year.