Ignite Sport UK Limited

Ignite Sport UK Limited Monitoring visit report

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Name of lead inspector: Mark Shackleton, Her Majesty’s Inspector

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Type of provider: Independent learning provider

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Address:

Ignite Sport UK Limited The Community Arena Oxford City Football Club Marsh Lane Marston Oxford OX3 0QN Monitoring visit: Ignite Sport UK Limited, 23 to 24 July 2019

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Context and focus of visit

From October 2018, Ofsted undertook to carry out monitoring visits to all newly directly funded providers of apprenticeship training provision which began to be funded from April 2017 or after by ESFA and/or the apprenticeship levy. This monitoring visit was undertaken as part of those arrangements and as outlined in the Further education and skills inspection handbook, especially the sections entitled ‘Providers newly directly funded to deliver apprenticeship training provision’ and ‘Monitoring visits’. The focus of these visits is on the themes set out below.

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Context and focus of visit

Ignite Sport UK Limited (Ignite) provides apprenticeships for young people who are interested in sports coaching and teaching. These apprentices are either employed by Ignite and deployed to schools or employed directly by schools. At the time of the visit, 25 apprentices were on a range of four programmes, including framework programmes in activity leadership at level 2, supporting teaching and learning through physical education and school sport, standard-based community activator programmes at level 2 and teaching assistant programmes at level 3.

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Reasonable progress

Managers ensure that recruitment staff provide potential apprentices with accurate information, advice and guidance before they start their programmes. Staff accurately assess apprentices starting points and place them on level 2 or 3 programmes which match closely their abilities and career aspirations. As a result, virtually all apprentices are happy they have made the right choice and remain on their programmes.

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Reasonable progress

Coach-mentors and tutor-assessors help apprentices develop rapidly the knowledge, skills and behaviours that school managers and teachers need them to have. They achieve this through frequent visits to apprentices’ workplaces and, remotely, through online learning sessions. Tutor-assessors do not, however, always work closely with school staff to ensure that off-the-job learning and the on-the-job learning provided by schools are complementary or recorded. This slows apprentices’ progress.

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Reasonable progress

Managers and tutor-assessors review apprentices progress frequently and hold a formal progress review every 12 weeks. As a result, managers have a strong understanding of the progress made by individuals. This works very effectively with the current small numbers of apprentices. Virtually all apprentices secure full-time work or progress to further or higher education. Monitoring visit: Ignite Sport UK Limited, 23 to 24 July 2019 Apprentices benefit from sufficient off-the-job learning time. When they are diverted to other activities, tutor-assessors work with employing managers to ensure that additional learning time is allocated.

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Reasonable progress

Toward the end of their programmes, tutor-assessors ensure that apprentices on standards-based programmes are effectively prepared for their assessments. This is achieved through practice assessments that help apprentices identify any knowledge, skills or behaviours which require further development. These apprentices do not know whether they can achieve a pass or distinction early enough in their programmes.

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Apprentices have a basic awareness of British values. This awareness needs to be developed further so that apprentices understand how British values relate to schoolchildren and sport.

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Apprentices enjoy their programmes and have good relationships with each other and their tutor-assessors. Tutor-assessors plan and set work that improves apprentices’ skills, knowledge and behaviours and is relevant to their employment.

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Reasonable progress

Apprentices develop high levels of confidence and are aware of the skills they need to improve further and which skills they have mastered. They appreciate the support and guidance they receive from their tutor-assessors and coach-mentors.

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Reasonable progress

Programmes meet the needs of employers well. Employers benefit from the rapid development of their apprentices. They can see significant improvement in apprentices’ skills and confidence, for example their ability to plan lessons and provide cover during teacher absences.

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Tutor-assessors are well qualified and have high expectations of their learners. They attend regular professional development training that helps them improve their understanding of the changing qualifications. Tutor-assessors benefit from frequent observations of their teaching, learning and observations which focus reasonably well on the learning achieved and identify areas for improvement.

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Tutors do not always use information from the thorough initial assessments of their apprentices’ existing vocational, English and mathematical skills well enough in planning learning. Learning plans for these apprentices do not reflect their starting points accurately.

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Action plans for apprentices who are behind on their programme are not clear and specific enough. Individual action plans do not have effective targets that are clear enough for learners to know exactly what they need to do before the next review. Monitoring visit: Ignite Sport UK Limited, 23 to 24 July 2019 The feedback tutor-assessors provide to apprentices is not always specific or detailed enough. For example, ‘improve presentation skills’ does not help a learner to understand what they need to do differently next time.

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Reasonable progress

Managers use effective safeguarding practices. Their safeguarding policies are comprehensive but do not always reflect the strong practices they employ. The safeguarding lead and staff have appropriate safeguarding training.

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Reasonable progress

Managers keep detailed records of concerns and welfare issues. These show that apprentices receive high levels of support where needed. Managers work closely with external agencies to ensure that appropriate action is taken when safeguarding concerns arise.

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Reasonable progress

All staff have appropriate safeguarding checks and staff and apprentices wear identification lanyards. Staff and apprentices challenge unknown visitors.

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Reasonable progress

Apprentices have a basic awareness of the dangers of extremism and radicalisation through completion of an online course. During learning activities or progress reviews, tutor-assessors do not effectively develop further this basic awareness. Apprentices have a reasonable awareness of online safety.

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Reasonable progress

Managers use a ‘Prevent’ duty risk assessment and action plan to guide their management of risks. They do not review and update its contents frequently enough. Monitoring visit: Ignite Sport UK Limited, 23 to 24 July 2019 the guidance ‘Raising concerns and making a complaint about Ofsted’, which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.gov.uk/government/publications/complaints-about-ofsted . If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk . Learner View Learner View is a website where learners can tell Ofsted what they think about their college or provider. They can also see what other learners think about them too. To find out more go to www.learnerview.ofsted.gov.uk .

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Employer View Employer View is a website where employers can tell Ofsted what they think about their employees’ college or provider. They can also see what other employers think about them too. To find out more go to www.employerview.ofsted.gov.uk .

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