An online training provider for the insurance sector has been criticised by Ofsted for focusing too much on industry qualifications and failing to offer the broader requirements of an apprenticeship.
Inspectors gave Apex Management Consultants two ‘insufficient progress’ and one ‘reasonable progress’ ratings in a report published today following an early monitoring visit – its first by the education watchdog – in February.
The organisation, which is based in Devon and Sussex but delivers apprenticeships nationally through online-only sessions, was told that leaders were not familiar enough with “how to design a high-quality curriculum that goes beyond the confines of the professional qualification”.
Learners study a qualification through the insurance industry professional body, the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) as part of their apprenticeships, but inspectors found that overall teaching largely focuses on that industry qualification rather than the wider skills and behaviours of the apprenticeship.
