Samantha is a co-owner of Best for Training. Sam and Anne Horn have worked closely together in education and training for many years and decided to use their expertise, skills and knowledge to set up Best for Training in 2017. Sam is a consultant offering mock Ofsted quality audits to colleges and training providers and is currently working with large employer providers to help them prepare for monitoring visits/ inspections to improve their provision and prepare for End Point Assessments. Sam also delivers the Level 3 Award in Undertaking End Point Assessment and is an Independent EPA Assessor and IQA for a number of large EPA Organisations. Sam is also a Lead External Quality Assurer and resource writer for a major Awarding Organisation.Samantha has many years experience working in the further education sector; leading on apprenticeship provision, vocational and professional qualifications for adults and study programmes for young people. As a former member of the senior leadership team of a College she was instrumental in improving teaching, learning and assessment across the College. She led her team in gaining nationally recognised awards and ‘outstanding’ Ofsted grades and Awarding Organisation reports which recognised her approach to achieving the highest quality teaching and assessment.Sam has worked as an Ofsted Inspector and is a consultant and lecturer for Anglia Ruskin University. Her sector expertise is wide ranging and she is passionate about high quality training and assessment.In 1995, Sam graduated from City University, London, with a BSc (Hons) degree in Systems and Management Science and completed her Masters in Professional Practice (Leadership) at the University of Essex in 2014. She holds higher level qualifications in childcare and is passionate about high quality early years practice and leadership. Sam is a Home Office approved Prevent trainer and is approved by local safeguarding boards to train safeguarding.