by SCTP | Apr 13, 2018 | Uncategorised
Ofsted will save around £400,000 during the next academic year by elongating the maximum period between inspections for ‘good’ providers from three to five years. See here for more.
by SCTP | Apr 13, 2018 | Uncategorised
After gathering evidence from the UK and 31 OECD countries, a working paper titled ‘Automation, Skills Use & Training’ was produced looking at the jobs most at risk (service sector) from the use of robotics and those most resilient (those that require...
by SCTP | Apr 13, 2018 | Uncategorised
The Reform think tank published its assessment of the apprenticeship levy and associate training one year on from its introduction concluding that greater clarification of what constituted an apprenticeship, as well as a simpler system of funding and the scrapping of...
by SCTP | Apr 13, 2018 | Uncategorised
Ofqual carried out a Functional Skills Qualifications (FSQs) Policy Consultation, which ran from 27 September – 22 November 2017. Ofqual has now considered the responses received and published the decisions taken which can be seen in this ETF communication here....
by SCTP | Apr 13, 2018 | Uncategorised
Replacing the GCSE maths and English requirement in favour of functional skills has boosted recruitment to the early years sector, a new report suggests. See more in this TES article.