Inspection & quality assurance
Associates with first-hand inspection experience, including former inspectors and senior quality leaders.
About QSG
We know what inspectors are looking for. Because we have helped providers prove it.
Quality Standards Group was founded to make deep expertise in inspection and compliance frameworks accessible to every regulated provider. We have spent decades inside the sector, building providers, leading quality functions, and helping good organisations turn their work into strong inspection and compliance outcomes.
Founder & Director
Gail Irvine
Gail has spent 30 years supporting regulated providers across education and skills, helping organisations achieve strong inspection and compliance outcomes. She has extensive expertise across Ofsted, CQC, ESFA and governance frameworks.
I do not offer reassurance. I offer honesty, expertise, and a clear plan. That is what gets results.
Book a Free Consultation- 30 years supporting regulated providers — helping organisations across education, healthcare and accredited services achieve strong inspection outcomes.
- Founded and ran Dynamo Training for 12 years — she has navigated inspection from the provider side and knows what it feels like.
- Director of Irvine Consultancy — supporting regulated providers across England.
- Level 7 qualified — deep expertise in quality assurance, leadership and organisational development.
- Specialist in inspection and compliance frameworks — founded QSG to make that expertise accessible to every provider.
Our Associates
You will always work with someone who has sat where you are sitting.
QSG works with a carefully selected network of inspection and quality professionals. Every associate has direct experience of inspection, quality leadership, or provider operations. We match the right expert to your specific need — relevant experience every time, not a generalist who has read the framework.
Curriculum intent, implementation & impact
Specialists who can scrutinise your curriculum design and prove it works for your learners.
Apprenticeship & adult skills delivery
Practitioners who have delivered, managed and improved apprenticeship and adult provision at scale.
Data analysis & self-assessment
Experts who turn your numbers into a credible story — the one inspectors are looking for.
Leadership & management development
Coaches who develop quality leaders who can think clearly and answer confidently under pressure.
Operations & provider management
Former training provider directors who understand how every part of your provision fits together.
How we work
We are direct.
If there is a risk to your inspection outcome, we will tell you — clearly and constructively. We will not tell you what you want to hear. Nothing is dressed up. Nothing is glossed over.
We work with providers of all sizes — from large colleges and healthcare providers to small specialist training organisations. We are accessible, affordable, and focused entirely on outcomes.
- We speak in plain English. No jargon, no Ofsted-speak, no consultant filler.
- We deliver what we promise — on time, on budget, in writing.
- We tell you what we see, even when it is uncomfortable. That is the value.
- We stay with you long enough to make sure changes actually stick.
Ready to know exactly where you stand?
Book a free 30-minute consultation. We will tell you honestly — no jargon, no hard sell.
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