Outstanding apprenticeship programme ‘delivering real results’ for accountancy firm
Bishop Fleming’s apprenticeship programme has been given an “outstanding” rating from Ofsted.
It has become only the second accountancy firm in the UK to have achieved an outstanding status so far this year, after undergoing a full inspection at the start of the summer.
Partner and chief people officer Anna Averis said: “As one of only a few accounting firms to have been awarded Employer-Provider status, we have been able to develop and deliver our own tailored apprenticeship programme, so to have this independent recognition is testament to the hard work of my team and our brilliant apprentices.
“Our programme is now delivering real results and is integral to our wider business growth ambitions.”
An Ofsted team inspected Bishop Fleming over three days in July, judging the programme on five areas of quality of education, personal development, behaviours and attitudes, leadership and management, and apprenticeships.
Bishop Fleming has also recently been ranked 27th in the Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers List for 2024, out of more than 1,500 businesses.
Co-developed by the Department for Education, the national league table recognises leading apprenticeship employers for their overall commitment to employing apprentices, their creation of new apprenticeships, the diversity of their new apprentices, and the progression of their apprentices onto further apprenticeships and employment.
