More Information On C2C LEP ESF Calls

Following on from the recent Coast to Capital ESF workshop regarding the forthcoming Direct Calls more information has been provided by Claire Witz at the C2C LEP on the process of building partnerships for bidding. Click here to see Claire’s...

ESFA e-Bulletin Issue 208

Latest e-bulletin from the ESFA (former EFA) including: 1. Action: publication of section 251 budget guidance and tables for 2018 to 2019; 2. Reminder: deadline to submit expression of interest to deliver T levels in the 2020 to 2021 academic year approaching; 3....

Apprenticeship In Sussex Events w/b 26 February

SCTP’s Apprenticeships in Sussex service has a busy week of events at Halisham Community College on the 26 February, UTC Harbourside, Newhaven on the 27th, Varndean College on the 28th and March 2nd and Bexhill Jobs and Apprenticeships Fair also on the 2nd...

Apprenticeship Starts Slip Again in November

Latest provisional monthly figures from the Department for Education show that there were 27,000 apprenticeship starts last November, 40 percent fewer than in the same month in 2016. This continues the pattern of significant fall for each of the last 6 months since...

Review of Apprenticeship Funding Bands

The ESFA is reviewing the effectiveness of the current funding band structure and are considering changes to incentivise negotiation and drive better value for money. Any new structure would apply to new starts from August 2018. The maximum funding band will remain at...