Learndirect apprentices were given “insufficient training” while directors took millions in profits Getty ImagesDirectors who transferred £20 million in profits out of Britain’s largest skills training company failed to act as standards collapsed over three years, Ofsted has concluded. Apprentices at Learndirect were given lessons that were too easy in English and maths, and many did not get the training to which they were entitled. Attendance by adults on skills courses was often poor and went unchallenged, the watchdog said. A damning report published today, after a delay of several months as the company fought a legal battle to stop it, said its management “failed to take swift and decisive action to stem the decline in performance over the past three years”. Learndirect paid its holding company £20 million in dividends in the three years after it was…

Source: The Times August 17, 2017 11:03 UTC