Leaders must improve tutors’ use of learners’ starting points in the planning and teaching of the curriculum to ensure that tutors take account of what learners know and can do before they start learning.
Leaders must increase the proportion of adult learners that achieve their qualifications.
Leaders must design an apprenticeship programme that meets the principles of an apprenticeship programme and ensure that it is suitable and tailored to apprentices’ job roles.
Leaders must ensure that apprentices’ line managers have an input into the order and content of the apprenticeship programme so that effective links can be made between on-and off-the-job training.
Leaders must ensure that apprentices stay on their programme and successfully achieve their apprenticeship in a timely manner.
Leaders must ensure that apprentices receive sufficiently broad and impartial careers guidance so that they know how they can use their skills to progress to their intended next steps.
Leaders must ensure that adult learners have a good understanding of the local risks of radicalisation and extremism in the areas in which they live and work.
What does the provider need to do to improve further?
Maintain the current trend of improving outcomes for learners by continuing to apply rigorous performance management and quality improvement processes.
Increase the proportion of lessons that are outstanding by:
sharing the very best practice in teaching and learning and ensuring that this is then consolidated in lessons across the curriculum
ensuring that all learners gain the skills to learn independently.
Create productive links with more local businesses to extend progression routes into employment for learners.