Hospitality Skills Academy

The Criteria for College Accreditation.

Any college which is delivering the Diploma in Professional Cookery may provide an expression of interest - seeking National Skills Academy for Hospitality accreditation - by supplying the required information to Stephen Mannock.

The National Skills Academy will review and investigate the submission before making a recommendation to the Quality Panel.

The Criteria focuses on the critical areas which affect the quality of provision, the four sections are

• COLLEGE POSITION

• CURRICULUM PLANNING, QUALITY AND REVIEW

  (Specific reference to the City & Guilds Diploma in Professional Cookery 7100)

• INDUSTRY AND EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT

• TUTORS / TEACHERS / LECTURERS

Criteria Amplification

A criteria amplification document has been produced to be used as an aid memoir for the quality panel and forms the basis for the assessment of the application. An example of the amplification is illustrated -

click here to download.

Excellence must be the Barrier - Not Cost!

We understand the difficult times everyone is enduring at the present time and so we have modified our approach to (hopefully) ensure that only excellence is the barrier to gaining our accreditation.

For the first 8 colleges we charged a marketing fee which allowed us to:

• hold a recognition event at the House of Commons
• provide Free Customer Service training for members of college staff
• organised a Learner of the Year Award with Sprigboard athe Excellence Awards
• provide Free tickets to the Disney Master-class events in September

In the future these will be additonal items which we will discuss and agree with the accredited colleges to ensure best fit and committment.

As and when we can provide the additional learner funding or access to capital - as previously promised within the business plan agreed with People 1st - and has sadly disappeared in the difficult economic conditions we will review the costs

We will of course continue to provide differentiation, profile and coverage at every opportunity for those excellent colleges who are accredited by The National Skills Academy for Hospitality.

The fee will now be £2,000 which simply covers the costs incurred during the rigorous audit and review process.

Expression of interest form

Name of college*:
Title*:	Please Select Mr Mrs Miss
First name*:
Last name*:
Email*:
Phone number*:
Numbers of learners in hospitality and catering*:
Number of staff full time*:
Number of staff part time*:
Qualifications offered*:
Last Ofsted grade for the college please include date of inspection*: Last Ofsted grade for the department please include date of inspection*:
In a short statement please highlight the examples of excellence you feel make your area outstanding*:
*Mandatory fields