IBP offers a very wide range of support for training providers at different stages of their TQS journey, ranging from whole group training to application review to individual mentoring.
Please have a look at our Support page and our FAQs. If you want to know more, then please contact our project manager Chris Moore by telephone or email to discuss your organisation’s situation and needs. You may also like to download our newsletters for TQS news, views, interviews and tips.
If you are thinking about the Training Quality Standard for the very first time, you should visit the official TQS website using the link to seek out essential starting information.
What is the Training Quality Standard?
The Training Quality Standard (TQS) is an assessment framework designed to reflect employers' priorities and expectations in sourcing training and development solutions, and recognise the practices of the organisations proven to be the best at delivering them. The TQS framework is built on an evidence base of employer needs and provider practice, deployed through established industry methods for the assessment of quality, capability and improvement. The framework defines what a provider should be doing rather than how, and asks organisations applying for assessment to tell their story from strategy, through approaches, to achievements.
The Standard is split into two parts:
- Part A – Assesses the Applicant's responsiveness to the needs of employers as individual customers
- Part B – Assesses the Applicant's responsiveness to a particular sector and how it develops and deploys products to address these sector needs
Part A is for all organisations delivering training and development solutions; Part B focuses on those areas where organisations have expertise, having already demonstrated their ability to serve employers through Part A.
For more in–depth information about the Training Quality Standard Framework, please download the Training Quality Standard Publication below.
Advisory TQS Support from IBP
Following the recent decision not to continue with our Training Quality Standard (TQS) assessment services, IBP are pleased to announce that we will now be able to offer advisory support to those organisations considering or already working with TQS.
Our experience of working with the TQS framework and assessment process, together with our extensive knowledge of the training and education sector, means that we are able to provide a unique insight whilst helping you to achieve TQS certification.
We are currently in the process of putting together details of the programme of support we will be offering and further information on this will appear on this page very shortly.
In the meantime, if you would like to speak to one of the team about TQS support for your organsiation call the IBP Helpline free on 0800 612 3098 and we will be happy to chat to you about your individual needs.
