Rohan Sivajoti: Why Ofsted criticism of the SimplyBiz Academy missed the point

Ofsted's recent assessment of SimplyBiz's New Model Business Academy is another example of how the education regulator and government fundamentally misunderstood our profession from the outset when they created the current apprenticeship standards.  It has been reported the primary point of criticism from Ofsted was that the New Model Business Academy "doesn't focus sufficiently on building skills and behaviours in the first 12 months", instead preferring to focus on passing exams. The report states that apprentices "do not have sufficient opportunity to develop their skills and behaviou...