Training provider

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE COLLEGE

Employer reviews

Good (153 reviews)

Employer review details

Statement	Percentage of employers that selected this as a "strength"	Percentage of employers that selected this as "needs improvement"	Total number of employers that selected this statement
Communication with employers	50%	50%	103
Reporting on progress of apprentices	25%	75%	87
Getting new apprentices started	81%	19%	53
Providing the right training at the right time	84%	16%	43
Improving apprentice skills	79%	21%	39
Initial assessment of apprentices	77%	23%	31
Adapting to my needs	88%	12%	26
Working with small numbers of apprentices	91%	9%	23
Training facilities	86%	14%	21

Apprentice reviews

Good (17 reviews)

Apprentice review details

Communication
Statement	Percentage of apprentices that agreed with this statement	Percentage of apprentices that disagreed with this statement
Communicating clearly with you	88%	12%
Ensuring you understand the requirements of your end-point assessment	82%	18%

Organisation
Statement	Percentage of apprentices that agreed with this statement	Percentage of apprentices that disagreed with this statement
Organising well-structured training	94%	6%
Providing accessible training resources	100%	0%
Balancing online learning with classroom-based training to suit your apprenticeship	88%	12%
Taking into account your previous learning	71%	29%
Giving you relevant training that helps you perform your job better	82%	18%
Providing Off The Job training that takes up at least 20% of your total apprenticeship time	94%	6%

Support
Statement	Percentage of apprentices that agreed with this statement	Percentage of apprentices that disagreed with this statement
Helping you learn new skills and develop existing ones	88%	12%
Supporting you and your apprenticeship	88%	12%
Resolving any issues you have	88%	12%
Preparing you for success in your future career	88%	12%

Provider overview

South Staffordshire College has 4 campuses across Staffordshire. We provide full-time and part-time courses, and have a long history of collaborating with employers in the Midlands to introduce apprentices to the workplace in a flexible way that benefits your business.

Apprenticeships are made up of 3 main components:

Knowledge / Theory (Technical Certificate) - Usually delivered in college
Practical Training (Work-based assessments - NVQ / Diploma)
Functional Skills (Maths, English and sometimes IT)

All apprenticeships must last at least 12 months and you can start most apprenticeships at any time of the year.

Please contact our Business Development Team who are on hand to answer any questions about training or recruitment, or to arrange a visit with one of our Advisers.

Courses offered

View all 37 courses offered by this provider

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Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Adult care worker (level 2)

Advanced and creative hair professional (level 3)

Advanced carpentry and joinery (level 3)

Animal care and welfare assistant (level 2)

Assistant accountant (level 3)

Bricklayer (level 2)

Business administrator (level 3)

Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

Customer service specialist (level 3)

Digital marketer (level 3)

Early years educator (level 3)

Engineering manufacturing technician (level 4)

Engineering operative (level 2)

Engineering technician (level 3)

Gas engineering operative (level 3)

Golf greenkeeper (level 2)

Hair professional (level 2)

Horticulture or landscape construction operative (level 2)

Installation electrician and maintenance electrician (level 3)

Land-based service engineer (level 2)

Land-based service engineering technician (level 3)

Lead adult care worker (level 3)

Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician (light vehicle) (level 3)

Network engineer (level 4)

Plumbing and domestic heating technician (level 3)

Powered pedestrian door installer and service engineer (level 2)

Production chef (level 2)

Professional accounting or taxation technician (level 4)

Recruitment resourcer (level 2)

Software developer (level 4)

Sports turf operative (level 2)

Stockperson (beef, pigs, sheep, dairy) (level 2)

Teaching assistant (level 3)

Team leader or supervisor (level 3)

Veterinary nurse (level 3)

Apprenticeship training course

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

82% pass rate (out of 30 apprentices)

66% national average pass rate

Explain pass rate

The percentage of apprentices who successfully passed a similar apprenticeship with this training provider in the 2018 to 2019 academic year.