by SCTP | May 18, 2025 | News
The skills minister has said there is “potential for further devolution” as she admitted to “tensions” with mayors over skills funding powers. Jacqui Smith highlighted 16 to 19 funding as a potential area where the Department for Education could release some control...
by SCTP | May 18, 2025 | News
The Department for Education has introduced minimum off-the-job training (OTJ) hours for each apprenticeship standard for the first time. Funding rules for 2025-26, stated that OTJ hours-by-standard were necessary due to the shortening of the minimum apprenticeship...
by SCTP | May 18, 2025 | News
Young people who did not pass GCSE English and maths must continue to study the subjects if they take a new foundation apprenticeship – but they will not be required to sit or pass the tests. Apprenticeship funding rules for 2025-26, included a section for foundation...
by SCTP | May 18, 2025 | News
A campaign group demanding a U-turn on the scrapping of enforced English and maths resits for adult apprentices has been launched. The English and Maths Coalition (EMC) claims apprenticeship functional skills exams and the government’s forced GCSE resit policy,...
by SCTP | May 18, 2025 | News
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has announced an £8 million programme to deliver up to 9,000 training places to enable people to develop skills as installers and retrofit professionals within the retrofit and energy efficiency sector, focused on both...
by SCTP | May 18, 2025 | News
Ofsted’s monitoring reports on commitments made in the Big Listen and its response to Dame Christine Gilbert’s independent learning review are here.
