Active IQ has been purchased by NCFE however will proceed to function as a definite model
An awarding and end-point evaluation organisation specialising in well being and bodily exercise {qualifications} has been acquired by NCFE.
Active IQ (beforehand owned by US-based agency Ascend Learning) brings with it over 30,000 learners on its vocational {qualifications} and 1,600 apprentices, extending NCFEs attain in areas similar to private coaching, health, and leisure administration.
NCFE mentioned Active IQ will proceed to function independently as a definite model owing to its “extremely revered” place within the market.
According to its newest accounts, Active IQ generated £4 million in revenue in its 2020/21 monetary yr and employed 42 employees. All present employees will probably be retained, NCFE mentioned.
Jenny Patrickson, managing director of Active IQ, mentioned: “I’m delighted and excited that Active IQ has joined the NCFE portfolio.
“There is way synergy between Active IQ and NCFE in our core objective, imaginative and prescient and values and I’m assured that becoming a member of the NCFE group will allow Active IQ to construct on the whole lot we’ve got achieved since we have been established in 2003.”
The quantity NCFE paid to accumulate Active IQ has not been disclosed.
FE Week understands that Active IQ’s earlier house owners have been searching for to exit the UK market. Ascend Learning, primarily based within the United States, had one other subsidiary firm, Premier Global, which ceased buying and selling in June.
NCFE confirmed to FE Week that it has no plans to make adjustments to Active IQ’s services or products.
The charity’s chief government, David Gallagher, mentioned buying Active IQ will permit NCFE to “higher service a broader vary of learners and fulfil present and future abilities wants”.
He added: “We selected to make this acquisition provided that coverage path and market forces are taking us in direction of consolidation out there.
“We’re delighted so as to add Active IQ to the NCFE portfolio. Both organisations are aligned in imaginative and prescient and objective – Active IQ, like NCFE, prides itself on distinctive customer support and high-quality, transformational studying experiences.”
This isn’t the primary time NCFE has taken over one other awarding organisation.
The former childcare and early years awarding physique CACHE was bought by NCFE in 2015. Its identify nonetheless options on a few of NCFE’s schooling and childcare {qualifications}.
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