A third of providers were found not to be providing sufficient, high-quality training that ‘stretched’ apprentices and improved their capabilities.
The report from chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw, based upon inspections of 45 apprenticeship providers, contained observations of apprentices in the care, food, production and retail sectors, who were completing their apprenticeship by having existing low-level skills, such as making coffee, serving sandwiches or cleaning floors, accredited.
While the inspectorate acknowledges that activities such as making coffee are important to the everyday running of a business, it says that as apprenticeships they do not add enough ‘long-term value’ to individual companies or tackle skills shortages effectively.
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