AW Jenkinson Transport Limited

AW Jenkinson Transport Limited Monitoring visit report

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Name of lead inspector: Kim Bleasdale, Her Majesty’s Inspector

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Address:

Clifton Moor Clifton Penrith CA10 2EY Monitoring visit: AW Jenkinson Transport Limited, 3 and 4 March 2022

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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 the Education and Skills Funding Agency 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 ‘Monitoring visits’ and ‘Monitoring visits to providers that are newly directly publicly funded’. The focus of these visits is on the themes set out below.

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Context and focus of visit

AW Jenkinson Transport Limited is an employer provider based in Penrith, Cumbria. At the time of the monitoring visit, there were eight apprentices studying the level 2 large goods vehicle (LGV) standard. The provider does not subcontract any of its provision.

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Insufficient progress

Leaders have a clearly defined strategy for providing the level 2 LGV apprenticeship. They aim to not only meet their business needs, but also to train skilled LGV drivers to meet national shortages in the bulk haulage sector. However, the quality of the apprenticeship falls very short of leaders’ expectations.

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Insufficient progress

Leaders do not have any oversight of their apprenticeship provision. They have not put in place quality improvement arrangements or quality assurance processes. Leaders do not have any planned actions to incisively resolve the substantial weaknesses in the quality of training they provide.

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Insufficient progress

Leaders have not ensured that the principles and requirements of an apprenticeship are met. They do not ensure that apprentices receive their entitlement to off-the-job training. Trainers do not complete progress reviews for apprentices. They do not set and monitor targets for apprentices to develop their knowledge, skills and behaviours. As a result, all apprentices, including those approaching their expected completion dates, have made very little progress.

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Insufficient progress

Managers do not know that all apprentices are significantly behind in their learning. This is because managers do not track and monitor apprentices’ progress towards developing their knowledge, skills and behaviours. Managers have no plans in place for apprentices to swiftly catch up and complete their apprenticeships. Monitoring visit: AW Jenkinson Transport Limited, 3 and 4 March 2022 Managers do not assess apprentices’ starting points. They do not know what apprentices already know and can do at the start of their apprenticeship. This means that apprentices do not receive an individualised curriculum.

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Insufficient progress

Governance arrangements are not effective. Leaders do not provide directors with accurate information about the quality of the provision. Directors do not challenge leaders to improve the training that apprentices receive. Until very recently, directors did not know that the quality of their apprenticeship provision was poor. Since then, they have appointed a new manager to focus on improving the quality of training for apprentices.

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Insufficient progress

Leaders and trainers have failed to meet the needs of their apprentices. They have not ensured that apprentices receive high-quality training.

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Insufficient progress

Despite this, apprentices are developing substantial new knowledge, skills and behaviours. This is because they are working and learning alongside skilled LGV drivers. Apprentices work safely at heights and skilfully drive and load vehicles. They are valued members of their teams, and their managers confirm that they are making a positive impact on the business.

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Insufficient progress

Trainers have the appropriate skills and experience to train apprentices. They update their driver training skills annually. However, leaders do not provide training to help trainers to further improve their teaching skills.

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Insufficient progress

Trainers do not coordinate on- and off-the-job training with the transport planners. They do not routinely plan for apprentices to practise their skills at work. Apprentices know that they have fallen behind in their learning, but do not know what they need to do to catch up and complete their apprenticeships. As a result, apprentices feel demotivated and dissatisfied with their training.

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Insufficient progress

Trainers do not prepare apprentices for their final assessments as they are unaware of the requirements of these assessments. Apprentices do not know how to pass their final assessments or the grades they could achieve. They do not know what specific knowledge, skills and behaviours they need to practise to be successful in their end-point assessments.

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Insufficient progress

Trainers do not provide any feedback to their apprentices. Apprentices are yet to receive any assessment of their submitted written work. As a result, apprentices do not know what they have done well and what they need to do to improve their work. Apprentices told inspectors that they do not know when, or if, they will complete their apprenticeships. Monitoring visit: AW Jenkinson Transport Limited, 3 and 4 March 2022

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Reasonable progress

Managers have an appropriate knowledge of the risks to apprentices’ health and safety when driving LGVs. Apprentices feel safe. They know how to keep themselves safe at work, for instance when parked overnight on long-haul journeys. Apprentices appreciate the routine welfare calls from staff to discuss their health and welfare.

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Reasonable progress

Apprentices know whom to report safeguarding concerns to. However, they have a very limited knowledge of how to keep themselves safe from extremism and radicalisation in their sector.

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Reasonable progress

Leaders do not follow their own policies when appointing new staff to make sure that they are suitable to work with apprentices. They do not take up the required references for newly appointed staff.

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Reasonable progress

Staff receive appropriate safeguarding training. However, leaders have not made arrangements for staff to receive ‘Prevent’ duty training. Monitoring visit: AW Jenkinson Transport Limited, 3 and 4 March 2022 regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children’s social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children’s services, and inspects services for children looked after, safeguarding and child protection.

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Reasonable progress

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Reasonable progress

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Reasonable progress

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