star ratings

DWP is introducing a Star Rating system for its contracted employment provision. Star Ratings will be awarded for each contract a provider supplies. The Star Rating is a four-measure scale, based on a range of measures – four stars is the highest score and one star is the lowest. The DWP page on the subject can be found here.

Latest Employment Zone Star Ratings released

Submitted by Daniel on Tue, 16/06/2009 - 10:54pm

The DWP released new Star Ratings for the 24 Employment Zones on 15th June. There's an in-depth analysis of how they work and what issues they face in this article, and the figures themselves are available here (pdf). I'll update this story with the results table once I've got a moment.

Star Ratings round-up

Submitted by Daniel on Thu, 26/03/2009 - 5:38pm

A key part of the Commissioning Strategy is the requirement for open performance information, so that providers can be held to account and customers can choose which provision to go for.

While it's not entirely clear whether the raw performance data will be published, one thing that is gearing up to take on the task is Star Ratings. Given their potential importance (think Star Ratings for hospitals and A-C grades for schools) and the questions swirling round them, we've put together a quick primer on the topic.

Latest star ratings released for Employment Zones

Submitted by Daniel on Fri, 05/12/2008 - 8:21am

The April-September star ratings have just been released. Major headline? They're totally different to the previous set of ratings. To the point where it raises questions about whether they're worth looking at. I might put together an analysis of the results for next week if there's enough demand, but I can't guarantee that the analysis won't say 'ignore them'. Anyone interested?