About the matrix Standard
“The matrix Standard really makes things happen – it moves you from thinking, to knowing, because you have the evidence. Then you can act on moving the organisation forward, with a sound business case.”
Carol Older, Strategic Development Manager
Age Concern Milton Keynes Internal Services & Age Concern Milton Keynes Employment Services External Services
Click here to see what other organisations have to say about the matrix Standard
What is the matrix Standard?
The matrix Standard is the national quality standard for any organisation that delivers information, advice and/or guidance on learning and work.
Your organisation may deliver information, advice and guidance to external clients. This could be in the context of a careers service, learning centre, recruitment agency, trades union or a business training provider. We call this an external service.
Alternatively you may be an employer offering your staff support or assistance in areas such as skills training, management development, appraisals, promotion and succession planning or redundancy programmes. We call this an internal service.
You may choose to apply the matrix Standard in one or both of the scenarios stated above. Whichever option you choose, the way that the matrix Standard is Assessed is based on achieving excellent end-results that anyone working or visiting your organisation will consistently hear, see and experience.
The matrix Standard is a flexible quality standard that can be used by a wide variety of organisations including the following:
- Further education colleges for their discrete IAG e.g. Student Services
- Further education college for their Embedded provision i.e. the support for learners throughout their learning journey (to find out more about embedded Accreditation and see who has achieved it click here)
- SSCs
- Prisons
- Higher Education Institutions for careers advisory services and also wider student services provision
- Work based learning providers
- Adult and Community Learning providers
- Trades unions
- Employers
- Careers advisory services
View our case studies to see a range of organisations who have benefited from using the Standard.