Hull City Council's Hull Training and Adult Education teams were inspected in June and overall they were deemed to be delivering 'Good' provision with one element of the service noted as 'Outstanding'.
Tim Gardner and his inspection team spent five days with staff from the training service to judge how well the council is delivering training to its learners and supporting employers and partners in the city. During the time spent with Hull Training and Adult Education, inspectors found that the standard of work for learners and teaching, training and assessment is good. The consultation of views from learners', partners' and employers was particularly noted as 'Outstanding' by the Ofsted inspectors. These views are key in helping to develop and improve the training provision on offer.
"I am really pleased with the outcome of this inspection and it is good news that we are delivering high quality training provision for young people and adults in the area.
"I'm pleased about the emphasis which Ofsted have made upon the council's adaptability in meeting the needs of employers. Through meeting the needs of employers Hull Training and Adult Education are having a significant impact upon narrowing the skills gap in the city.
"We want to ensure that our learners have a good experience in our centres and this has been reflected in their feedback to Ofsted.
"It is now important that we look at the areas of improvement identified by the inspectors, learners and employers and make the necessary changes to give them an outstanding experience."
"Hull Training has been providing me with engineering apprentices for the past 10 years. On each occasion they have supplied very worthy young people who have fully integrated into the work environment, in addition to ensuring we have received apprentices who were perfectly matched for our engineering requirements. Hull Training give full support in all aspects of managing the learners for the whole apprenticeship term, from their basic skills, development, through to HNC standard."
Graham Billany, director from Team Humber Marine Alliance (THMA), said:
"Since its inception over 20 years ago, THMA and its members have had a strong working relationship with Hull Training. It has remained proactive and supportive to the training needs of the whole membership and has served us well with its professional and caring attitude towards all apprentices and developing managers."
"I would like to put a note of thanks to your company on what I would say is some of the best training I have seen, since I have worked at BAE.
"The task was to bring three people up to speed with the basic welding skills and insight into NVQ level 2 for tig welding.
"Your involvement over the last three weeks to deliver and develop my operators has been nothing short of a miracle. In such a short period of time the three lads have now all submitted a final test peace into the labs for approval, which normally takes between 8 and 12 weeks.
"If this is the standard of training you constantly deliver I would have no hesitation in recommending you in the future for any more training required across the site."
Hull Training are the biggest provider of apprenticeships for Hull young people (16 - 19 years) with 900 apprentices enrolled with Hull Training last year.
For more information about courses available at Hull Training or through the Adult Education team visit www.hullcc.gov.uk or contact 01482 300 300.
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