Mediprospects

Mediprospects Report following a monitoring visit to a ‘requires improvement’ provider

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Name of lead inspector:

Andrea McMahon, His Majesty’s Inspector Inspection dates: 30 and 31 July 2025

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Name of lead inspector:

Type of provider: Independent learning provider

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Address:

Hawley House 5 – 7 High Street Plaistow London E13 0AD Mediprospects, 30 and 31 July 2025

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Context and focus of visit

Mediprospects was inspected in August 2024. At that time, inspectors judged the overall effectiveness of the provision to require improvement.

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Context and focus of visit

The focus of this monitoring visit was to evaluate the progress that leaders and managers have made in resolving the main areas for improvement identified at the previous inspection.

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Context and focus of visit

Mediprospects is an independent learning provider based in the London Borough of Newham. The provider teaches adults on the level 3 early years educator course. At the time of the monitoring visit there were 40 learners.

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Reasonable progress

Since the previous inspection, leaders and mangers have evaluated the effectiveness of their early years curriculum well. They have made appropriate adjustments to improve their management of the curriculum. They have invested well in staffing and appointed an experienced manager to lead the curriculum. Senior leaders work well with their governor to monitor their improvement actions closely through a detailed plan that is frequently updated. Learners are positive about their education at the provider. Leaders and managers make sure that staff benefit from useful professional development . For example, tutors update their knowledge of the early years foundation stage framework. They complete training in areas such as detecting plagiarism and academic writing conventions. Tutors complete suitable qualifications in assessing and verification. Leaders and managers have appropriate processes in place to monitor the quality of

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learners’ work. They have provided staff with training and improved their monitoring of the work learners submit for assessment. They standardise their assessment practice well. Managers sample assignments for review and quickly address any areas of concern they identify in assessment practices. These actions have improved how staff assess learners and contribute to learners producing work of the expected standard. Mediprospects, 30 and 31 July 2025

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Reasonable progress

Tutors provide learners with detailed developmental feedback on their practical work . They make explicit reference to assessment criteria and link this to the activities that learners do with children. For example, when learners read to children, tutors indicate how effectively they do this and provide guidance on how to improve. Learners are clear about the areas they need to work on. As a result, they improve their skills over time. During lessons, tutors provide learners with useful feedback. For example, when learners discuss child protection issues, tutors direct them to helpful online resources and make sure they know about the importance of confidentiality and parental controls. Tutors’ feedback helps learners to correct their misconceptions and reinforce their knowledge. Tutors provide learners with useful feedback on their homework, and suitable correction for those who have struggled with their answers.

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Reasonable progress

Tutors give learners helpful feedback on their final unit assessments. In most cases, tutors’ feedback makes it clear to learners what they have done well, what they need to do to improve their work and how accurately they have used referencing in their writing. In a minority of cases, tutors do not clearly identify the spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors that learners make. As a result, learners repeat the same mistakes.

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Reasonable progress

Since the previous inspection, leaders and managers have made sure learners understand that the work they produce must be their own. During induction, tutors share helpful information that includes clear guidance on citation, referencing and bibliographies. They supplement this by providing learners with information on how to complete their workbooks. Tutors reinforce the expectations for writing during lessons and in the feedback given on assessed work. Learners know that the work they produce must be their own and most demonstrate accurate referencing. Tutors check the authenticity of learners’ work appropriately. Tutors provide learners with appropriate support to help them produce work that reflects their knowledge and skills. They show learners how to use correct punctuation in their assignments to reflect the words of another individual and how to set out the references they have used to support their written work. They make

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sure learners understand how to complete their workbooks by providing helpful Mediprospects, 30 and 31 July 2025 verbal and written guidance. Learners follow this guidance and produce work that is their own. In a minority of instances, learners use inaccurate definitions of key language and do not reference accurately.

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Reasonable progress

Leaders and managers provide learners with access to English language classes that are in addition to their main vocational programme. Learners who attend these lessons benefit from good support from their tutor, helpful resources and practice test papers that help them prepare for final assessments. Tutors integrate suitable opportunities during lessons to help learners develop their English and mathematics skills. They make these opportunities relevant and meaningful for learners. For example, when discussing children’s care, tutors show learners how to do this by calculating staff-child ratios. Learners develop their speaking and listening skills when they discuss challenging workplace scenarios, such as what to do if they spot a child with a bruise. Learners develop the English and mathematics skills they need at work. Tutors teach learners the subject-based vocabulary they need for work. Tutors

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correct learners if they use technical language inaccurately. Tutors teach learners how to write children’s observation reports accurately and to a professional standard. Employers are positive about the clear communication learners use. Mediprospects, 30 and 31 July 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 children’s services, and inspects services for children looked after, safeguarding and child protection.

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