In her capacity as a registered practitioner, Alison was delighted to provide advice to a Teesside ‘branch’ of a national charity providing training oppor

After winning her class in the heats in Middlesbrough for the northern region, Alison went to Hartpury College in Gloucestershire to compete in the RDA national championships. Despite torrential rain waterlogging most of the outdoor arenas, her Countryside Challenge took place and (for a novice we are proud of her) she came 11th out of 38 in her class. Excellent to see Alison on Angus (the bay horse in these two pictures) enjoying herself so much.

Paul chaired the 8th national validation panel on 11th July for the Quality in Careers Standard (QiCS)national validation process. Held in the impressive new Ormiston Horizon Academy in Stoke on Trent the panel agreed that the Stoke on Trent CEIAG Quality Award met all 16 national validation criteria and was awarded the QiCS. Full details of QiCS can be found on this link

http://www.careersengland.org.uk/quality.php?page=ceiag-quality-awards

Alison has just completed an assessment with a small private training provider based in Leeds.

Paul has just agreed with colleagues in County Durham LA to run a workshop for schools and academies in the County and neighbouring authorities on latest policy developments in CEIAG – majoring on quality assuring both internal provision and externally secured services and inputs (including embedding employer contributions effectively).

Alison is today undertaking a second stage assessment with a provider in North Yorkshire – reviewing progress with the provider on its action plan to address areas still required to meet the Standard.

Schools seeking an update on CEIAG policy, the revised Statutory Guidance to schools from DfE and how to quality assure provision, are to hear from Paul at the 12-5 conference organised by the University of Chichester and held at its Bognor Regis campus. Included in Paul’s pack for delegates are self-assessment aides on CEIAG for each school.

As well as assessing organisations againgst the matrix Standard,  Alison also supports organisations in an advisory capacity as they are preparing for future assessments. This latest organisation is a training provider in West Yorksire.

Career Connect CEIAG quality award becomes the 7th award to meet QiCS national validation criteria as Paul chaired the panel in Liverpool.

you can view all about QiCS on the Careers England website

www.careersengland.org.uk

Another 2 day assessment of a top quality training provider; then meeting the work-based training team of an NHS organisation about to go the matrix journey.