ESFA FE Update 16 January 2019

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...

ESFA Appoints New Director of Funding

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...

Provider Monitoring Visits – Ofsted’s View

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...