Application Form - National Skills Academy

Training Provider
Application for
Member Accreditation

Accredited Provider Network
Training Provider: Application for Member Accreditation:
Please complete this document to start your application process of becoming an accredited
Member of the Provider Network for the National Skills Academy Process Industries.
Main Contact Name :
Job Title:
Organisation Name:
Registered Address:
Telephone Number: Website: Email:
Company Registration No:
Training Provider: Organisation Information:
Number of Sites:
Number of Employees:
Delivery Specialism:
Type of training offered: (National Qualifications, Commercial Short Courses, Bespoke Packages)
Funding or full cost recovery? Full Cost Funded Only * Both *
*
Please provide details (direct SFA contract, subcontract)
Please identify whether your training maps to the Cogent Gold Standard, Training Standards or NOS?
Who is your training aimed at? (Senior Manager, Middle Manager, Operators, L2, L3, L4)
Employer Support: Please provide letters of support or endorsement for your training services from three employers

Membership Information:
Why are you seeking Membership?
What do you hope to get from joining the Academy’s Network?
What will you bring to the Network?
Have you previously engaged with other National Skills Academies?
(If yes please provide details)
Eligibility:
All organisations, public funded or otherwise, must confirm their eligibility to be
considered as an accredited provider by satisfying the criteria below.
Date of your most recent full OFSTED inspection:
Grades from your most recent inspection in the following areas.
We would expect all our providers to be a 2 rating (minimum)
Overall Effectiveness
Outcomes for Learners
Quality of teaching,
learning and assessment
Effectiveness of Leadership
and Management
Please state your most recent SFA provider financial health assessment grade. We would expect all our providers to be a 2 rating (minimum)
During the last 2 years, has your organisation been served with any improvement notices?
Do you hold any other relevant approvals and awards? Eg IIP, Matrix Standard, Awarding Body approval(s)

Evidence Requirements:
To support your application for Provider Accreditation, we require submission of a range of information.
Please submit copies of the following documentation along with your completed application.
Document
Notes
Accounts – Last year’s audited accounts. If not available, please provide final month’s management accounts
SFA Audit – If you are in receipt of funds from Skills Funding Agency, please provide a copy of last financial audit
Inspection Report – If you are subject to inspection by Ofqual, HMIE, TINI or Estyn, please provide a copy of the
latest available inspection report
Awarding Body Approval – If you are an Approved Centre for one or more Awarding Body, a copy of your
approval certificate(s)
Staff Organisation Chart – Specifically of the staff that will be involved in Academy Accredited delivery
Equality and Diversity Policy – please supply a copy
Insurance – It is a condition of accreditation that you have appropriate insurance in place. Do you have current
Public Liability Insurance? Do you have Professional Indemnity Insurance?
Final Declaration:
I declare that the information provided in this application form is, to the best of my knowledge, an accurate and
fair reflection of our training services. I confirm by signing this membership application that:
I am authorised to do so on behalf of the applicant company
I wish the National Skills Academy Process Industries to invoice me for Provider Network membership.
Purchase Order Number:
Signed:
Position:
Print:
Date:
Application Approved on behalf of the NSA Process Industries:
Signed:
Dated:
Provider Manager:
Please return all completed forms to providers@process.nsacademy.co.uk or
Provider Administrator, NSAPI, 5 Pioneer Court, Morton Palms, Darlington, DL1 4WD
For more information or to speak
to one of our Provider Team please call
0845 607 0140 or email
providers@process.nsacademy.co.uk
www.process.nsacademy.co.uk