About Us

The Fellowship of Inspection Nominees (FIN)
The Fellowship of Inspection Nominees (FIN) is a unique membership organisation that supports Ofsted nominees and quality teams in achieving successful inspection outcomes. Our team includes former and current Ofsted inspectors bring deep, practical experience to every aspect of inspection preparation and quality enhancement. Our insights offer both breadth and depth, ensuring you’re well-positioned to face any inspection challenge with assurance.

What Makes FIN Different?
Founded on the belief that true quality goes beyond ticking boxes, FIN is committed to helping providers deliver high-quality education that positively impacts learners. We don’t offer quick fixes or surface-level solutions, our focus is sustainable improvement built on sector-leading expertise.

Empowering Ofsted Nominees: Before, During and Beyond Inspection
As an Ofsted nominee, your most powerful influence lies before the inspection begins. This is your opportunity to shape the narrative, showcase your organisation’s strengths, and lead with clarity and confidence. At FIN, we provide the targeted support, training, and resources nominees need to prepare strategically, not reactively. Our approach focuses on building lasting capability within your quality and leadership teams, avoiding the panic of last-minute fixes and surface-level solutions.

Through a combination of:

Specialist nominee training tailored to the Education Inspection Framework (EIF)

Practical tools including SAR and QIP templates, self-evaluation checklists, and safeguarding resources On-demand CPD and webinars aligned to current inspection priorities

Access to a collaborative, expert-led network of professionals across HE, FE, and apprenticeship provision…

…we equip you to lead inspection preparation with confidence, insight, and strategic direction.

FIN membership is more than just preparation for inspection, it’s about joining a forward-thinking, collaborative community dedicated to improving quality across the sector. Together, we share knowledge, inspire innovation, and raise standards in line with the new Ofsted framework, ensuring learners benefit from meaningful, high-impact education.

Discover how FIN support OFSTED nominees

Ready To Join?

Choose the membership that suits your provision and take the next step towards inspection confidence and long term quality improvement.

Who we work with

We achieved Grade 2 at inspection FIN were on the phone with us day and night, answering questions and giving us sound advice, we can’t thank them enough.

Umbrella Training

The support that you get from other nominees is invaluable. The resources are current and useful, and you feel part of a wider, if very niche, community!

Watertrain

Level of engagement is our own choice, can dip in and out depending on what else is happening in the business. Resources are excellent and are our first port of call when looking for something to bridge a gap in knowledge or resolve a problem.

Futures Group

Fin not only provides some great resources but also access to networking groups which allows you to share ideas and learning. Fin is a great resource for any provider looking for support for their nominee or their entire business.

Remit Group

Unparalleled support and resources

The Growth Company

FIN has changed my life for the better. Every resource that I have utilised and working group/training that I have attended has allowed me to come away and immediately implement a valuable resource and/or process into our provision.

Pareto Law

The level of knowledge and experience in regards to Ofsted and the EIF is second to none

National Grid

Focus on what matters, not what impresses – inspectors have seen everything. Show them what makes your provision unique, let it shine, and be persistent but professional.