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Lancs advice service wins top accolade

6 May 2008

nextstep Lancashire, managed by CXL, has won official recognition as one of England’s top information, advice and guidance (IAG) services for adults seeking a new career.

The Lancashire-wide IAG service was awarded a Grade 2 – Good – by OFSTED inspectors following a week-long visit to its offices and sub-contractors across the county.

The rating places nextstep Lancashire at the top of the adult IAG league in the North West and amongst an elite of only eight other nextstep services across the UK. To date, no nextstep service has been awarded a Grade 1.

In awarding the Grade 2 OFSTED stated “CXL is very committed to helping young people and adults to move forward into learning and work and this commitment underpins all its nextstep activities”. In recognition of its high quality services CXL has been asked by OFSTED to provide three best practice case studies on nextstep Lancashire.

nextstep Lancashire Manager Geoffrey O’Donoghue is delighted with the outcome:

“This is an outstanding result for us and a testament to the exceptional hard work of CXL’s Contracts and Career Management Teams. Not only that, but it confirms that the quality of information, advice and guidance that we offer to adults in Lancashire is of the highest standard”.

For more information on nextstep Lancashire visit http://www.nextsteplancashire.co.uk