Defined outcomes
Every course opens with outcomes written against the duties of a real role, not generic competencies.
Quality & Standards
Built for standards — reviewed by practitioners.
Every course we publish is researched, developed, reviewed and monitored against a documented process — and overseen by an independent Training Standards & Advisory Board.
3,000+
Courses under review
8
Stages to success
4
Independent board members
98%
Compliance achieved
Research
Written with the sector, not just for it.
Our content starts with the people doing the work. Before a course is written we gather current statutory guidance, inspection frameworks and sector research, then test what we find against the experience of practitioners in social care, education and children's services.
- 1 Statutory and regulatory sources. Current guidance, inspection frameworks and published standards for every sector we serve.
- 2 Practitioner input. Registered managers, social workers, foster carers and early years leads review scope and language before development begins.
- 3 Learner evidence. Assessment data, feedback and completion patterns from our own platform show us where understanding breaks down.
Development
How training is developed
Development follows a documented standard, so every course — online, virtual or at-venue — is built the same way and can be evidenced the same way.
Subject-matter authorship
Material is written or co-written by someone qualified and currently active in the relevant field.
Accessible by design
Plain English, consistent structure and assistive-technology support are build requirements, not later fixes.
Assessment that evidences
Questions map to outcomes, so a completion record stands as evidence of what was actually covered.
Development process
Eight stages to success — deployment is not the last one.
No course reaches a learner without completing every stage. Monitoring continues for as long as the course is live.
Needs Analysis
We establish exactly what the learning need is — from regulation, inspection findings or sector demand — before anything is written.
Evidence & Research
Current statutory guidance, inspection frameworks and sector research are gathered, checked and summarised.
Learning Architecture
Outcomes, structure and assessment are designed against the duties of a real role, not generic competencies.
Content Development
Material is written or co-written by someone qualified and currently active in the relevant field.
Expert Validation
Specialists and practitioners — including the Advisory Board — challenge scope, accuracy and language.
Quality Assurance
An independent check covers accessibility, plain English, assessment mapping and technical build quality.
Build & Deployment
The course is produced, tested across devices and released with a version record and a named reviewer.
Continuous Monitoring
Learner outcomes, feedback and sector changes are tracked; courses are revised or withdrawn as needed.
Advisory board
The Training Standards & Advisory Board
An independent group of senior practitioners and specialists who scrutinise what we publish. Members are appointed for their standing in the sector, and they are not employed by us.
The Board reviews material at the specialist review stage, challenges scope and accuracy, and advises on our quality standards. Where the Board asks for change, the course does not publish until that change is made.
Independent
Members are external to VTH and hold current roles in their own organisations.
Specialist
Each member covers named sectors and areas of expertise, published on their profile.
Accountable
Review decisions are recorded against the course they relate to.
Current
Profiles carry a review date, so what you read here is kept up to date.
Free training
Supporting free wellbeing & life skills training
Some training should not sit behind a price. We fund and publish a free library of wellbeing and life skills courses for care leavers, foster families and frontline staff — developed and reviewed to exactly the same standard as everything else we produce.
Browse Free Courses
400+
wellbeing & life skills courses
No cost
to learners or their organisations
Same process
eight-stage process applies
Open access
no contract required
Insurance
Our insurance arrangements
We hold full commercial cover for the training we deliver. The details opposite are published so you can evidence them in your own compliance records. A certificate is available on request.
Cover in place Valid until 13 March 2027
Policy summary
- Insured legal entity
- Vocational Training Hub Ltd
- Insurance provider
- Hiscox Insurance
- Professional indemnity
- £5,000,000
- Public & products liability
- £10,000,000
- Employers' liability
- £10,000,000
- Cyber & data
- £100,000
- Crisis containment
- £25,000
- Policy reference
- PL-PSC10003440644/09
- Valid until
- 13 March 2027
Plain-language cover: we are insured for the advice and training we provide, for injury or damage arising from our activities, for our employees, and for data and cyber incidents affecting learner records.
Need this in writing for your inspection file?
Tell us what your regulator asks for and we will send the evidence — review process documentation, board membership, accreditation details and insurance certificate.
