Thrive Skills Limited

Thrive Skills Limited Reinspection monitoring visit report

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Name of lead inspector: Bev Ramsell, His Majesty's Inspector

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Address:

Suite 2, The Old Foundry Bath Street Walsall WS1 3BZ Monitoring visit: Thrive skills Limited, 9 and 10 June 2025.

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Context and focus of visit

This is the first reinspection monitoring visit to Thrive Skills Limited following publication of the inspection report on 10 July 2024, which found the provider to require improvement overall.

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Context and focus of visit

Thrive Skills Limited is an independent learning provider in Walsall, West Midlands. The provider offers qualifications to adult learners throughout England. At the time of the visit, there were 140 adults in learning. One hundred and thirteen were studying a level 3 diploma in business administration and 37 were studying a level 3 diploma in nail technology.

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Reasonable progress

Since the previous inspection, leaders have implemented new processes to capture learners' starting points, so that tutors can adjust teaching to meet learners’ individual needs. At the start of the course, tutors identify and record learners' initial knowledge, skills and experiences accurately. Tutors review these periodically throughout the course. They use the information they gather to adjust their teaching strategies. In practical lessons, learners with experience in completing nail art acquire more advanced skills, such as drawing fine lines, which enables them to build on their existing skills.

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Tutors use the information captured at the start of the course to support learners with their next steps effectively. They use initial interviews with learners to identify their future ambitions. For instance, learners who want to go into self-employment undertake additional learning on how to become a sole trader. This helps learners understand what they need to do to achieve their goals.

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Leaders have reduced the number of learners on a formal break from studies. Since the previous inspection, leaders have implemented a new process to monitor learners who are temporarily taking a break from learning. This gives leaders the information they need so that they have clear oversight of learners' barriers to education. When needed, leaders refer learners to external agencies for support and agree on timeframes for their return to learning. These actions have substantially reduced the number of learners who are taking a break from learning and the number of learners who drop out of their courses early. However, it is too early to Monitoring visit: Thrive skills Limited, 9 and 10 June 2025. see the impact of these improvements on the overall qualification achievements for this academic year.

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Leaders have taken swift action to remove courses with very low achievement rates. They have changed the way that they use data and implemented a new data dashboard to enhance transparency and improve oversight. This has helped them to identify their lowest-performing courses.

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Tutors use a library of resources to help enhance their knowledge and skills effectively. They use these resources to study mandatory subjects such as safeguarding and to undertake additional training in topics like working with learners with special needs, managing group discussions and providing constructive feedback. This training helps tutors expand their range of teaching strategies, which enables them to become more effective teachers. Since the previous inspection, leaders have improved their approach to developing tutors' skills. They carry out observations of teaching and learning to acquire a clear understanding of staff development needs and have started to set individual targets for improvement. All tutors now participate in relevant training activities and apply what they have learn to their teaching. Consequently, in lessons, tutors use different teaching strategies successfully.

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Leaders have recently introduced new procedures to track learners’ attendance. Tutors set high expectations for attendance at the start of the course and remind learners that high attendance is a valuable trait and an expectation of employers. Leaders now closely monitor learners’ attendance at lessons. If learners miss lessons, tutors help them to catch up. Due to these efforts, most learners attendance is high. Monitoring visit: Thrive skills Limited, 9 and 10 June 2025. 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

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