NAVITAS UK HOLDINGS LIMITED modern slavery statement summary (2023)
Organisation address
Wyndyke Furlong,
Abingdon,
Oxfordshire,
United Kingdom,
OX14 1UJ
We asked the organisation a series of questions about its modern slavery statement. Its answers are published on this page as a statement summary.
This statement provides information for 5 of 6 recommended areas
What is a modern slavery statement?
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About this statement summary
All answers relate to the financial year covered by the statement. The organisation is responsible for all the information it provided. Some of our questions are optional, so organisations may not have answered all of them. The statement summary does not replace the full modern slavery statement – below we provide a link to the full statement on the organisation’s website.
Contents
- Organisations covered by the statement
- Legal requirement to publish
- Statement period and sign-off details
- Recommended areas covered by the statement
- The organisation’s sectors and turnover
- Number of years producing statements
- Policies
- Training
- Monitoring working conditions
- Modern slavery risks
- Finding indicators of modern slavery
- Demonstrating progress
Organisations covered by the statement
NAVITAS UK HOLDINGS LIMITED modern slavery statement for 2023 is a group statement covering 22 organisations. See the full list of organisations covered by this statement
Legal requirement to publish
NAVITAS UK HOLDINGS LIMITED has confirmed it is required to publish a 2023 statement by law.
Statement period and sign-off details
The statement covers the following period:
1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023
The statement was signed off by:
Rod Jones (Chairman, Marron Group Holdings Pty Ltd)
It was approved by the board (or equivalent management body) on:
26 October 2023
Recommended areas covered by the statement
Government guidance encourages organisations to cover a range of areas in their modern slavery statements, setting out the steps they’re taking to address modern slavery risks in their operations and supply chains. Read about the recommended areas in the statutory guidance.
We asked the organisation to tell us which areas its statement covers.
Areas recommended by government guidance | Organisation’s response |
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The organisation’s structure, business and supply chains | Covered |
Policies | Covered |
Risk assessment | Covered |
Due diligence (steps to address risk) | Covered |
Training about modern slavery | Covered |
Goals and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of the organisation's actions and progress over time |
Not covered
Focus for subsequent reporting periods includes developing KPI’s to measure the effectiveness of the actions taken to identify and address modern slavery practices in our operations
and supply chains
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The organisation’s sectors and turnover
Sectors
The organisation operates in the following sectors:
- Education and research
Turnover
Its turnover in the financial accounting year of this statement was:
£60 million to £100 million
What does 'turnover' refer to in group statements?
Number of years producing statements
How does this work for group statements?
Policies (optional)
Policy provisions we asked about | Organisation’s response |
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Freedom of workers to terminate employment | Included |
Freedom of movement | Not included |
Freedom of association | Not included |
Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation | Included |
Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees | Not included |
Prohibits compulsory overtime | Not included |
Prohibits child labour | Included |
Prohibits discrimination | Included |
Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents | Not included |
Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery | Not included |
Other |
-
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Training (optional)
What counts as training?
We asked who the training was for | Organisation’s response |
---|---|
Your whole organisation | No |
Your front line staff | No |
Human resources | No |
Executive-level staff | No |
Procurement staff | No |
Your suppliers | No |
The wider community | No |
Other |
Executive-level staff - Group Operations
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Monitoring working conditions (optional)
Engaging with others
We asked who the organisation engaged with | Organisation’s response |
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Your suppliers | No |
Trade unions or worker representative groups | No |
Civil society organisations | No |
Professional auditors | No |
Workers within your organisation | Yes |
Workers within your supply chain | Yes |
Central or local government | No |
Law enforcement, such as police, GLAA and other local labour market inspectorates | No |
Businesses in your industry or sector | No |
Social audits
What are social audits?
Social audits we asked about | Organisation’s response |
---|---|
Audit conducted by your staff | Yes |
Third party audit arranged by your organisation | No |
Audit conducted by your supplier’s staff | No |
Third party audit arranged by your supplier | No |
Announced audit | No |
Unannounced audit | No |
Grievance mechanisms
We asked if workers could raise concerns this way | Organisation’s response |
---|---|
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app | Yes |
Through trade unions or other worker representative groups | No |
Other ways of monitoring working conditions
Modern slavery risks (optional)
Priority risks for this organisation (1 of 3)
Questions we asked about this risk | Organisation’s response |
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Where it was most likely to occur |
Organisation’s response:
Within your supply chains.
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Who was it most likely to affect |
Organisation’s response:
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In which country | Organisation’s response: NO DETAILS PROVIDED |
Actions or plans to address this risk | Organisation’s response: Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking considerations have been included within our pre-contract agent screening processes. Modern slavery clauses have been included within our agent agreements. In May 2023, we mapped modern slavery risks against the student life cycle in order to identify key points or risks in the student journey. We are consulting with staff in our recruitment offices and colleges to validate the identified risk areas and develop activities to mitigate the risks. |
Priority risks for this organisation (2 of 3)
Questions we asked about this risk | Organisation’s response |
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Where it was most likely to occur |
Organisation’s response:
Within your supply chains.
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Who was it most likely to affect |
Organisation’s response:
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In which country | Organisation’s response: NO DETAILS PROVIDED |
Actions or plans to address this risk | Organisation’s response: We have undertaken an exercise to cleanse our supplier data which will allow a more detailed analysis of our supply chain to be conducted. In line with our Procurement Policy we have introduced a requirement for new suppliers to sign a compliance declaration committing to adhere to, or work towards, the Navitas Minimum Standards for Suppliers. |
Priority risks for this organisation (3 of 3)
Questions we asked about this risk | Organisation’s response |
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Where it was most likely to occur | Organisation’s response: Within your own operations. |
Who was it most likely to affect |
Organisation’s response:
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In which country |
Organisation’s response:
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Actions or plans to address this risk | Organisation’s response: The HR management system implemented in FY22 has provided better visibility of employment arrangements within our recruitment countries. During FY23 we continued to raise awareness of modern slavery risks among employees and established a single point of contact for employees to ask questions or raise concerns related to modern slavery (modernslavery@navitas.com). |