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.

Marketing Costs & Benefits via Accreditation 

Once the accreditation process for the Diploma in Professional Cookery has been completed an annual marketing fee of £7.5k would then be charged to each successful College. This marketing cost will be used to drive the following benefits for the accredited Colleges;

• 3rd Party Endorsement
  • Industry Board / Academy Team
• Logo Use
  • New revenue streams - Customer Service Programme
  • Better calibre students - Attracted by the brand and its 'excellence'
  • More students - Access to extra learner places funded via the Academy
• Market Awareness - Learners / Industry / Influencers
• Funding - leveraging the brand for funding purposes

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