ESFA Reviewing Levy Transfer Funding Restriction for 16-18 Year-Old Apprentices

by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 27, 2019 | Uncategorised

The ESFA have said that a funding rule that is preventing large employers from transferring levy funds to smaller employers to train 16 to 18 year-old apprentices is being reviewed. More on this can be read here.

Ofqual Speech about Ensuring Quality to AELP Conference

by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 27, 2019 | Uncategorised

Ofqual’s Executive Director for Vocational and Technical Qualifications, Phil Beach, gave a speech at the AELP conference about their role in ensuring quality across the range of regulated qualifications, including apprenticeship End Point Assessments and T...

IfATE Publishes Framework for EQA of Apprenticeship End-Point Assessments

by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 27, 2019 | Uncategorised

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has announced the publication of a new framework setting out how apprenticeship End-Point Assessments (EPA) must be externally quality assured. The framework looks at what good practice in EPA looks...

DfE Publishes New Guidance on RSHE Education in Schools

by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 27, 2019 | Uncategorised

The Department for Education has published its statutory guidance for schools on relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education. The new curriculum will be mandatory from September 2020, and schools are encouraged to adopt the new...

IfATE Announce Charges for their EQA from September

by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 27, 2019 | Uncategorised

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has announced that it will start charging £40 for every apprenticeship external quality assurance (EQA) check it does from September. Ofqual have said that they will continue not charging for the...