Another eight apprenticeship providers have been stopped from doing new business after being rapped by Ofsted. The penalties were revealed in the latest update to the register of apprenticeship training providers, released today by the Education and Skills Funding Agency. In accordance with ESFA rules, any new provider found to be making ‘insufficient progress’ in at least one area of an early monitoring visit from the inspectorate will be suspended from recruiting unless there are “extenuating circumstances”. The eight to receive bans after poor Ofsted performances are: Azesta Limited, Care-Ex Services Limited, Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust, E G S Nationwide Limited, Gower College Swansea, Kingswood Learning And Leisure Group Limited, New Model Business Academy Limited and South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. They are among a list of 49 providers that are currently suspended from taking on new apprentices, which is a reduction on the 56 bans reported by the ESFA in September. Since then, 10 of the 56 have left the apprenticeships register altogether and can no longer deliver the programmes in any capacity. These are: Apprentice Assessments Limited, Care Training Solutions Ltd, JT Development Solutions Limited, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Moor Training Limited, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, SCL Security Ltd, The Academy Hub Ltd, The Business Portfolio (UK) Limited and Vortex Training Solutions Ltd. And five of the 56 have had their suspensions lifted after achieving at least a grade three in a full Ofsted inspection, or found to be making ‘reasonable progress’ in safeguarding if that was the only area that failed during their first monitoring visit. These are: Contracting Services (education and skills) Limited, EMA Training Limited, JM Recruitment Education & Training Ltd, Medivet Group Limited and The Education and Skills Partnership Ltd. The full list of the 49 apprenticeship providers which have current recruitment suspensions (as of 12 November): 2 Sisters Food Group Limited AAA Training Solutions Limited Agincare Group Limited Amdas Consultancy Ltd Arriva London North Limited Ashley Community & Housing Ltd Ashley Hunter Ltd Azesta Limited Azilo Training Limited Biffa Waste Services Limited Bior Business School Limited Care-Ex Services Limited Catalyst Learning and Development Limited Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (recently achieved a grade 3 and will soon be removed from the ESFA’s banned list) Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust Cogent Skills Training Limited E G S Nationwide Limited E.Q.V. (UK) Limited Fresh Training Services (UK) Limited Gloucestershire Enterprise Limited Goodman Masson Limited Gower College Swansea Havilah Prospects Limited Hertfordshire Catering Limited Home Group Limited Kingswood Learning and Leisure Group Limited Manatec Limited Matrix Solutions International Limited Mears Learning Limited New Model Business Academy Limited Piper Training Limited Premier Nursing Agency Limited Prospect Training (Yorkshire) Limited Prospects Training International Limited Right Track Social Enterprise Limited Rita’s Training Services Securitas Security Services (UK) Limited SHL Training Solutions Ltd South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust SSG Services (Est 2003) Limited The Development Fund Limited The Sandwell Community Caring Trust The Teaching & Learning Group Limited Took Us A Long Time Limited Total Training Company (UK) Limited University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust WDR Limited Wiser Academy Limited YMCA George Williams Company
Mike WAddington 12 November 2019 Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust had its ‘ban’ lifted by EFSA – can this be corrected please. Thanks MIKE