Bedford Borough Council has been deemed ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted – making it the second local authority to currently hold the lowest possible grade from the education watchdog.
The council provides apprenticeships to almost 30 adults through its own training assessment centre, mostly in health and social care as well as early years and for teaching assistants.
Ofsted found that most apprentices do not remain in learning or complete their apprenticeship because teachers do not motivate or encourage them to overcome barriers to learning and persevere with their studies, according to a grade four report published today.
Inspectors said that leaders and governors do not accurately assess the quality of education, instead they focus too heavily on finances and other operational matters.
