The document provides an overview of Pathway Group, a UK-based skills and training provider. It summarizes their 11 years of experience in workforce development and 22 years in skills training. It details their delivery of qualifications, support for learners and engagement with employers in recent years. It also outlines their strategic aims, locations, programs, and accreditations which position them as a leading provider of skills training and support across multiple regions in the UK.

1. Who, What,
Why
23/09/2022

2. Quick overview: top-level stuff..
•11 years’ experience
as a Welfare to Work
Provider
•22 years in the skills
arena
200 people employed in the
business working across
West Midlands, Greater
London, Greater Manchester,
West Yorkshire and East
Midlands
Links with over 1,288
local & national
businesses
•7,300 qualifications
delivered in 20/21
•4,640 people
supported in 20/21

3. Our journey
2000
•Pathway Group Founded
•English Language training delivered
to refugees and asylum seekers.
2004/5
•Gained industry recognition ISO
9001, Matrix and DFES
2008/11
Delivering apprenticeships
As well as ESF delivery;
Train2Gain and Work
Programme Delivery.
2012 BECAME A PRIME
•Secured £500,000 SFA Contract and
become a National Career Service
Provider.
2014
•Success
•Gained recognition for our success on
the Work Programme with a success
rate of 96.7%.
2015
•We went national
•Delivered ESF skills development to
over 3,000 people.
2016
•New Opportunities
•Engaged with over 30 Prime
Contractors in 6 regions and
launched the Asian Apprenticeship
Awards (now known as the BAME
Apprenticeship Awards.
2017/18
•Expansion
•ESF Success with a host of new
partners. Secured non-levy allocation
for Apprenticeships and AEB
Contract.
2019/20
•ESF & AEB Success
•Successful in partnering with ESF
Prime to deliver Skills Support for the
Workforce (5 LEP areas). Secured
Prime Devolved AEB Contract with
GLA & GMCA.
2021/22
•Restart Scheme Success
•Secured Restart Scheme delivery for
Birmingham & Black Country.
Success with government’s
traineeships tender. Gained WYCA
Devolved AEB.

4. Back to Basics - Vision and Mission:
Pathway Group aspires to be
an organisation that Changes
Lives Through Skills and Work
with the aim of making a
meaningful and impact
difference to clients and
learners.
We do this by becoming an
indispensable partner of choice
to funding bodies, other lead
providers, employers, and
supply chain delivery partners.
As an organisation that aspires
to ‘Changes Lives through
Skills and Work’ to make a
meaningful and impactful
difference to all of our
customers, including learners,
participants, stakeholders,
employers, and this includes
staff.

5. Our Core Values
Quality is
everyone’s
responsibility
Ownership,
accountability and
responsibility in all
that we do
Always start with
the best intent
Act in the best
interests of us All
Gain and build
trust in all we do

6. Introducing our Senior Leadership Team

7. Introducing Our Management Team

8. What work are we working on:
Adult Education Budget (AEB)
• Greater London Authority
• Good Work for All
• Greater Manchester Combined Authority
• West Yorkshire Combined Authority
• West Midlands Combined Authority
• National Skills Fund
• D2N2 Region via Nottingham College
• Adult Skills for Work via Serco
Traineeships
• Programmes for 16 to 18 and 19 to 24
Apprenticeships
• Levy
• Non-Levy
Advanced Learner Loans
Department of Work & Pensions Provisions
(DWP)
Restart Scheme via Serco

9. Some numbers
to give
perspective...
Pathway Group AEB
Highlights 2020/21
 2853 people engaged
 56% of who are of
BAME ethnicity
 3362
qualifications achieved
 1113 employers
engaged
 Overall Achievement
Rate of 92.9%
 Successfully delivered
£3.3M of AEB funding

10. Some
perspective...
Pathway Group ESF
Highlights 2020/21
 573 people engaged
 31% of who are of
BAME ethnicity
 51 employers engaged
 983 qualifications
achieved
 Overall Achievement
Rate of 94.9%
 Successfully delivered
£776k of ESF funding

11. Some more highlights…
Pathway Group Apprenticeship
Highlights 2020/21
 74 apprentices engaged
 119 qualifications achieved
 50 employers engaged
 Successfully delivered £207k
of Apprenticeship funding
Pathway Group Advanced Learner
Loans Highlights 2020/21
 909 people engaged
 739 qualifications achieved
 58 employers engaged
 Successfully delivered £2.1M
of Advanced Learner Loans
funding

12. Proud to deliver Adult Education Budget
in a high quality impactful way across the
country
Greater London
Authority
Good Work for
All
Greater
Manchester
Combined
Authority
West Yorkshire
Combined
Authority
West Midlands
Combined
Authority
National Skills
Fund
D2N2 Region via
Nottingham
College
Adult Skills for
Work via Serco

13. Delivering European Social Fund to improve
peoples lives by learning new skills and
finding better jobs
Skills Support for
the Workforce
(SSW) via Serco
Young People
Initiatives (NEETs)
via Skills Training
UK & Workpays

14. Links with over
1,288
local & national
businesses
7,300
qualifications delivered
in 20/21
4,640
people supported
in 2021
93%
Overall achievement
rate in 2021 on Adult
Education Budget
80+
vocational courses
available
95%
Overall achievement rate
in 2021 on European
Social
Fund delivery
43%
of learners from
BAME background
75%
Gained employment
or entering further
training

15. • Our Pathway SkillsZone Centres are
conveniently located in the heart of
local communities, unlocking
potential through various training
courses, workshops and other
events.
• Supporting people into sustainable
and better work and ultimately
building careers
• Delivering a range of skills and
training support programmes
• Connecting under-represented
talent to employers and supporting
workplaces that promote diversity
Greater Manchester
Clarence Arcade, Stamford-
Street-Central, Ashton-under-
Lyne, Greater Manchester,
OL6 7PT. 2 Cromwell Court,
Oldham, OL1 1ET
West Yorkshire
West Riding House, 5th Floor
41 Cheapside, Bradford, BD1
4HR.
Greater London
225 Coldharbour Lane,
Lambeth, London, SW9 8RR
West Midlands
Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6
3LJ.
18 Lichfield Street, Walsall, WS1
1TJ.
Scala House, 36 Holloway
Circus, Birmingham, B1 1EQ.
Citibase, New Road, Halesowen,
B63 3HY

16. Pathway SkillsZone Burslem
Duncalf Street, Burslem, Stoke-on-
Trent, ST6 3LJ
Pathway SkillsZone Walsall
18 Lichfield Street, Walsall, WS1
1TJ
Pathway SkillsZone Green Man
225 Coldharbour Lane, Lambeth,
London, SW9 8RR
Pathway SkillsZone Scala House
Scala House, 3rd Floor, 36 Holloway
Circus, Birmingham, B1 1EQ
Pathway Skillszone Centres

17. Pathway SkillsZone Manchester
Clarence Arcade, Stamford-Street-
Central, Ashton under Lyne, Greater
Manchester, OL6 7PT
Pathway SkillsZone Trinity Point
Trinity Point, Citibase, New Road,
Halesowen, B63 3HY
Pathway Skillszone Centres
Pathway SkillsZone West Yorkshire
West Riding House, 5th Floor
41 Cheapside, Bradford, BD1 4HR
Pathway SkillsZone Oldham
2 Cromwell Court, Oldham. OL1 1ET

18. Programme Levels
The higher the level the more challenging the programme.
Level 2
Equivalent to GCSE
grades 9-4
Higher Level 4/5
Equivalent to an
educational
Foundation Degree
Level 6 Degree
Ranging from Level
5
(Foundation
degree), to Level 6
(Bachelor’s/
Master’s degree)
Level 3
Equivalent to A-Levels
Level 1
Equivalent to
GCSE grades 1-3
Entry Level
Available in three
different sub-
categories, which
progressively get
more difficult: entry
levels 1, 2 and 3
Level 7 Degree
Equivalent to a
Masters Degree

19. Advice &
Guidance
"We're passionate about building
great relationships, and pride
ourselves on being adaptable to
Employers’ requirements"
Every person that engages with
Pathway Group receives Careers
Education, Information, Advice and
Guidance about their programme of
learning, making sure they are given
the best possible chance to achieve
their qualification and progress their
career.

20. The Matrix Standard
“much more than ‘just
a
training provider”
• Kathy Leahy, 2019 - The Matrix
Standard
“Wide geographical reach,
strong sense of staff
development and
maintaining local
knowledge, to ensure they
understand the needs of all
the stakeholders”

21. The Matrix Standard
“Well-structured induction
process that enables them
to move into their roles
effectively”
“Management experience
‘supported autonomy’,
supported to do their roles,
but given the autonomy to
flourish”
“Encouraged and supported
to develop in their roles”
“Staff have progressed
through the organisation
and being supported to
achieve new qualifications”

22. The Matrix Standard
“Learners were very
positive about the
support they had
received”
“Recognising their
programme helped
them with their longer-
term goals and valued
the support from all
staff”
“Increased confidence
enjoying their
programme”
Matrix Standard Mar 2022, Kathy Leahy

23. Investors In People Gold
A culture of continuous
learning
Corporate social
responsibility is embedded
– wellbeing, support for
local communities and the
environment
A culture where people are
responsible, trusted and
accountable for decision
making – the two most
common words used are
“autonomy” and “trust”
Values that are embedded
and lived
Leaders and managers
trust people to perform to
their very best
Collaboration is
encouraged and prized

24. Investors In People Gold
“Regular open and
honest
communication
which is prized”
“Flexibility and
support for
wellbeing, especially
mental health”
“Understood
ambition that is
linked to the values
and behaviours”
“Providing people
with the tools, skills,
knowledge, and
information to be
effective”
“Positive stance on
Equality, Diversity,
and Inclusion”
Investors in People Dec 2021

25. Our focus and the reason for being is
DESTINATIONS and in this area we need to
ask questions more regularly….
We need to ask questions
more regularly as destination
linked to training provided, So:
It’s crucial for us to know if the
curriculum is right and…
we are doing the right thing.

26. Think about the impact of our work…
Are we making the
difference that we believe
that we are?
More contracts and more
focus than ever on
destinations

27. We need to continuously think about the
impact of our work…
However, it is now more than ever
sustained destinations not just
destination once
but
again,
again
and again…

28. The importance of data destinations information
Curriculum
planning
and design
Helping with
decision
making
Helping the
learner

29. The importance of data destinations information
Understanding
our impact
(Ofsted Rating)
Building and
sustaining
customer
(leaner) relations
Marketing and
public relations
purposes
Doing more,
being more

30. The importance of data destinations
information
Curriculu
m
planning
and
design
Helping
with
decision
making
Helping the
learner
Understand
ing our
impact
(Ofsted
Rating)
Building
and
sustaining
customer
(leaner)
relations
Marketing
and public
relations
purposes
Doing
more,
being more

31. Some of our current achievement rates…
Our Adult Learner
Loans current
achievement rate of
89% is above the
national rate of 73%
We have also ‘committed’
11% of next year’s allocation
- entering the new funding
year in a strong position
allows the opportunity for
contract growth in a couple of
months’ time
The AEB
achievement rates
are strong and
above national
average

32. Our culture in one word: Trust, however
we do ‘Trust’ our way:
Trust
Character
Intent
Caring Transparency
Openness
Integrity
Honesty Fairness
Authenticity
Competenc
e
Capability
Skills Knowledge
Experience
Results
Reputation Credibility
Performanc
e

33. Our Strategic Aims:

34. Delivering outcomes in Employment,
Skills & Training
Early Years &
Adult Care
Warehouse,
Storage &
Logistics
Digital
Marketing
Leadership &
Management
Business
Services
English, Maths
& ICT
Nails & Beauty

35. Our Events and Networking Brands

37. Supported by
Official Media Partner

38. Promoting social mobility,
diversity, inclusion, and equity
in apprenticeships
Celebrating the talent and
diversity in Apprenticeships

39. Official Media Partners
Multicultural Apprenticeship
Awards
2022 Partners

40. What Multicultural Apprenticeship
Alliance offers employer and learner
providers
Access to Advice &
Research
• Free and impartial information,
advice and guidance, helping
to link employers for under
represented unemployed
young people
Part of a network
• Attend a variety of events,
share best practice and
connect with likeminded
thought leaders
Promote
• Support your workplace to
promote diversity and equal
opportunities
Collaborate
• Being part of the alliance,
driving change

41. Our Eco-System, Connectivity
Wider Community
Employers
Learners

42. Final Thoughts and Thank you
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43. Appendix

44. Org Chart (Sep 2022)
Link to SharePoint

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