Another apprenticeship provider has accused Ofsted of being “unfair” after the watchdog judged the company as ‘inadequate’ mostly due to a lack of off-the-job training.
Excelsis Training Limited faces being kicked out of the apprenticeship market owing to the rating and expects to make around 30 redundancies as a result.
Ofsted’s report on the provider, which trains almost 250 apprentices mostly in childcare and healthcare sectors, said that leaders “do not ensure that apprentices receive their entitlement to training time” due to the demands of their roles and “too often” have to “study outside of their working hours”.
Other criticism included that apprentices’ progress has been “slowed by too many changes of teaching staff”, “too many lack the motivation to complete their apprenticeship”, and a poorly planned curriculum.
