by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 16, 2019 | Uncategorised
Latest update from the ESFA including: 1. Action: how to express an interest to deliver T Levels in 2021 to 2022 academic year, including the transition offer; 2. Action: qualification achievement rates (QAR) 2017 to 2018 – provisional data window; 3. Action: help us...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 16, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Resolution Foundation has published a report on employment trends over the last decade since the global financial crisis. It looks into the decade of employment growth but notes that some of this has come at the cost of job quality and also that younger people...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorised
Kate Josephs has been appointed as the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s new director of funding. She is currently director of national operations for academies and regional delivery at the DfE and will start her new role in April. She will head up a new...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorised
Chris Jones, HMI, Specialist Adviser for Apprenticeships at Ofsted, has written a useful blog which covers Ofsted’s new provider monitoring visits. He outlines the themes the inspectors concentrate on and explains the progress judgements they make with some...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorised
The government has announced a new rail card for 16 and 17 year olds which enables them to get 50% discount on rail travel. The scheme will launch for September 2019 to coincide with the new academic year.
