Salt Training Limited

Salt Training Limited Unit 5 West Industrial Park, Sea Street, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 8JZ

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monitoring inspection report:

During the monitoring inspection, inspectors focused on the following themes:

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monitoring inspection report:

 leadership and governance - specifically the progress leaders and managers have made in designing and delivering relevant adult learning provision that has a clearly defined purpose, and in identifying and supporting the needs of adult learners

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 inclusion - specifically the progress leaders have made in identifying the needs of individual learners putting suitable support in place, in particular for those who are disadvantaged, those with SEND or high needs, those who are known (or previously known) to social care, and those who may face other barriers to their experiences and opportunities, including those without level 2 English and/or mathematics

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monitoring inspection report:

 curriculum, teaching and training - specifically the progress leaders and managers have made in ensuring that learners benefit from high-quality adult education that prepares them well for their intended job role, career aim and/or personal goals

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 safeguarding arrangements - specifically whether leaders and managers have ensured that effective safeguarding arrangements are in place

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Leadership and governance

Reasonable progress : the provider’s actions are already having a beneficial impact on learners and/or apprentices. Improvements are sustainable and are based on the provider’s thorough quality assurance procedures.

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Leadership and governance

Leaders have implemented a curriculum to support mostly unemployed individuals gain employment locally. They offer substantial construction courses and qualifications that are recognised and valued by employers. Leaders are generally aware of what they do well and what they need to do to improve. They benefit from highly experienced and knowledgeable governors, who have a broadly accurate oversight of the curriculum. Monitoring inspection report: Salt Training Limited 9 and 10 June 2026

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Leaders implement appropriate quality assurance processes to understand the quality of teaching and the learner experience. They use this information to bring about positive improvements.

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Staff enjoy working at the provider and feel well supported by managers. Leaders support staff to receive the training they require to carry out their roles effectively and to keep their skills relevant and up to date. This includes training to become a qualified teacher and accessing technical training, such as airless spraying.

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Leaders work closely with stakeholders to offer training that is required regionally and to ensure that they provide individuals with a positive learning experience. They work with the Department for Work and Pensions to identify those who would benefit most from the courses and support learners with the bursaries that they need to access learning. Kent County Council values the impact that the courses have on local individuals.

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Inclusion

Reasonable progress : the provider’s actions are already having a beneficial impact on learners and/or apprentices. Improvements are sustainable and are based on the provider’s thorough quality assurance procedures.

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Inclusion

Leaders implement processes to identify accurately learners’ barriers to learning at enrolment and as they emerge throughout learning. They assess a wide range of learning needs, including learning disabilities and difficulties, low income and care experience. Leaders use this information to construct individual learning plans for learners that detail strategies that staff might use when working with them.

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Inclusion

Leaders routinely revisit learning plans to review the effectiveness of the support that staff provide and, where appropriate, adapt them so that that support remains relevant. They have recently appointed a qualified and experienced special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) specialist to lead the provision of support for learners, including those with high needs.

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Inclusion

Leaders carefully monitor the progress that learners with SEND make against the milestones of the Skills Bootcamps. This assures them that the support that they provide has a positive impact. Learners with SEND make progress and achieve as well as, or better than, their peers. Leaders plan to extend their monitoring of learners’ progress to cover the wide range of needs for which they assess learners.

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Curriculum, teaching and training

Reasonable progress : the provider’s actions are already having a beneficial impact on learners and/or apprentices. Improvements are sustainable and are based on the provider’s thorough quality assurance procedures. Monitoring inspection report: Salt Training Limited 9 and 10 June 2026

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Leaders offer courses that enable individuals to gain the skills they require for employment in the construction sector. Tutors have planned most courses logically so that learners develop their technical skills confidently.

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Tutors are highly experienced in the subjects that they teach. They demonstrate clearly the skills that learners need to gain, such as how to clamp and saw timber correctly to achieve the best results when forming joints. They then observe learners carrying out practical tasks and intervene quickly to correct errors. The feedback that tutors provide is not consistently effective across the programme. Where it is done well, learners know how to improve their work but, in a few instances, learners are less clear about what they need to do.

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Learners confidently apply their new learning in well-resourced practical workshops. Those studying brickwork successfully follow drawings to set out and build walls within the required specifications, ensuring they are plumb, level and to gauge. As learners progress, they master more advanced techniques, such as forming openings in cavity walls and incorporating decorative features. Learners typically produce work to a high standard and gain the knowledge and skills that they require for their next steps. Many learners secure new contracts on completion of their learning. However, staff do not ensure that all learners access the support they require in the final element of the Skills Bootcamp to enable them to gain employment.

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Safeguarding arrangements

Reasonable progress : the provider’s actions are already having a beneficial impact on learners and/or apprentices. Improvements are sustainable and are based on the provider’s thorough quality assurance procedures.

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Safeguarding arrangements

Leaders implement appropriate processes and procedures to ensure that learners and apprentices are kept safe. They follow safer recruitment processes to ensure that those who work with learners are safe to do so.

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Safeguarding arrangements

Leaders develop a positive culture where safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. Staff are trained to recognise learners and apprentices who are at risk of harm and ensure that they receive the help they need. The designated safeguarding leads are trained to carry out their roles effectively. Leaders work with employers to ensure that apprentices are kept safe in the workplace.

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Safeguarding arrangements

Learners report that they feel safe and know how to report any concerns if they arise. The curriculum provides learners with opportunities to explore and develop their knowledge of important themes, such as safeguarding, radicalisation and extremism. However, learners’ recall of these topics is not yet secure.

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Safeguarding arrangements

Governors have clear oversight of safeguarding. The chair of governors effectively supports and challenges leaders to make sure that appropriate safeguarding processes Monitoring inspection report: Salt Training Limited 9 and 10 June 2026

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and procedures are implemented and followed. Governors ensure that leaders meet their statutory responsibilities.

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About this inspection

Ofsted carries out monitoring inspections to all newly directly funded providers of adult learning provision where the provision offered is in scope for inspection.

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About this inspection

The purpose of this monitoring inspection was not to determine grades for any of the evaluation areas set out in the further education and skills inspection toolkit. The purpose was to report on the provider’s progress in relation to the 4 themes set out above.

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About this inspection

Salt Training Limited is an independent learning provider based in Herne Bay, Kent. Leaders offer apprenticeships and Skills Bootcamps for adult learners, specialising in construction qualifications. At the time of the monitoring inspection, there were 111 adult learners in training. The provider had fewer than 5 apprentices enrolled on apprenticeships.

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Team inspector

Mark Hillman Graham Heath His Majesty’s Inspector Ofsted Inspector

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needs funding at time of inspection

Monitoring inspection report: Salt Training Limited 9 and 10 June 2026

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