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We passed the Matrix, hoorah!

What is The Matrix and what does it mean?

For those of you wondering, the Matrix has nothing to do with Neo and Trinity! In fact, The Matrix Standard is an award to recognise how well we offer information, advice and guidance (IAG) to our staff, students, partners, employers, parents and anyone else accessing or working within our service. It also covers how well Dv8 plans it’s year, uses data to measure success and set priorities, communicate developments and changes as well as how we market our programmes, keep students informed and support the students through the year.

For months the staff at Dv8 have dedicated hours upon hours to making sure we ticked all The Matrix Standard’s boxes. On Monday 25th April we welcomed in Anita, our assessor and after three days of inspection at our Brighton and Bexhill campuses, we were informed that we had passed!

Just some of Anita’s feedback included Dv8’s strengths such as our industry links, high level of student support, new PDR ( professional development record) system and how well students felt that they were progressing and felt safe and supported at Dv8. Some of the areas highlighted for development included learner attendance strategies, placements and work experience collaboration and sharing best practice across teams. A massive thank you for the combined effort and a great deal of hard work that all the teams at Dv8 put into evidencing all the brilliant IAG work that we do that helped us to achieve the Matrix Standard.

Overall the whole process was a hugely positive experience for Dv8 and we couldn’t be happier with the result!

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