Inspection Ready???

The schedule for the Training Quality Inspectorate team has been confirmed with September and October seeing the inspection of the larger academies, Manchester, Birmingham and London. The role of the inspectorate team is to inspect and evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the organisational training centres, inclusive of all elements, training, assessment, administration, auditing etc. The TQI (Training Quality Inspectors) ensure provision of education and training meets the needs of learners and to accelerate the pace of quality improvement by identifying strengths and areas for improvement, highlighting good practice and judging what steps need to be taken to improve provision further. This practice will, over time ensure that every academy is consistently inspection ready so if OfSted were to walk through our door unannounced we would be 'good to go'!

National Trainer Meeting

The trainer meeting has come and gone, a thoroughly enjoyable experience from Breakfast to Booze and all inbetween. I look forward with a beer fueled eagerness to the company meeting due to take place in November. For those who experienced their first taste of the national comradeship, team spirit and togetherness that these conferences present, this will stay with you for a long time... it's great to be Zenos! Be proud, stand tall and drink your body-weight when the opportunity presents itself!

The Knowledge Base

I have reignited the knowledge base due to the fact that we have an increased number of new trainers and new quality staff. The link is at the bottom of the page and you will need to register to log questions or view questions and answers already handled. I think this will be a useful tool going forward but I need to get it approved before we can roll it out to the ATM's/RTM's, in the interim period we can use it in a trial capacity.