Learndirect Apprenticeships Ltd, a separate entity created in September 2016, has won contracts to train about 3,000 peopleThe owners of Learndirect are continuing to win government-approved apprenticeship contracts despite their original company failing to meet the government’s minimum standards. The private equity owners of Learndirect Limited, which is expected to be given the lowest possible grade by the education watchdog Ofsted and to lose all its Department for Education contracts, created Learndirect Apprenticeships Limited, which has gone on to win contracts to train about 3,000 people. The DfE said Learndirect has not been granted new contracts since May, but Learndirect Apprenticeships has contracts to train about 3,000 people. Learndirect Apprenticeships applied to the EFSA register independently of Learndirect Ltd so it is not affected by the grade four rating. Learndirect branded inadequate in Ofsted report it tried to suppress Read moreThe DfE, Ofsted and Learndirect pointed out that the damning Ofsted report did not relate to Learndirect Apprenticeships and said the two companies were completely separate entities.

Source: The Guardian August 16, 2017 19:18 UTC