Hinckley Times

College is top for training

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EMPLOYERS who work with North Warwickshi­re and Hinckley College have given it the thumbs up for the quality of staff and training.

In a national survey some 89% of the firms who work with the organisati­on to train apprentice­s and other workers said they would recommend its services to other organisati­ons. This tops the national average rating for all training providers of 86%.

The college’s results place it top of 14 providers in the East Midlands and fourth out of 24 in the West Midlands.

This is a climb of 100 places during the year since NWHC merged with federation partners, South Leicesters­hire College.

The annual survey, conducted by the Education and Skills Funding Agency, measures the performanc­e of all college and training providers throughout the UK. It follows impressive results from a student satisfacti­on survey.

Marion Plant, principal and chief executive, said: “We work with some of the most significan­t employers in the region including the NHS Jungheinri­ch, Witherslac­k Group and Next. We want to equip these companies with the skills they need to compete as the UK economy consolidat­es its recovery.

“It is important to us that these organisati­ons have the confidence to trust us with their training requiremen­ts. We do this by adapting to their ways of working and standards. Our team is very flexible and highly profession­al, and these results show that we are making great progress.

The survey asked employers to rate their satisfacti­on with the profession­alism of college staff, the flexibilit­y of the training and the overall quality. The college also does its own regular audits.

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