by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 17, 2021 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has issued a reminder that existing 2020/21 adult education budget (AEB) contracts for services will expire on 31 July 2021. The reminder includes details of the current procurement application window for ESFA funded AEB contracts for services which closes at...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 17, 2021 | Uncategorised
The latest news from the ESFA: 1. Latest information on coronavirus (COVID-19); 2. Action: the coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce fund for schools and colleges online form is now live; 3. Reminder: adult education budget (AEB) contracts for services expiring on 31 July...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 17, 2021 | Uncategorised
Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, gave a speech at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Annual Conference on 17 March. She spoke about the importance of re-opening, remote education, the catch-up effort and CPD. The transcript of her...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 16, 2021 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has published version 4 of the Traineeships framework for delivery 2020 to 2021 guidance. It has added new information to annexes D and E to give advice on two common errors made in claims, and added a new annex to explain some of the queries it has...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 16, 2021 | Uncategorised
The ESFA guidance on incentive payments for hiring a new apprentice has been updated to reflect the increase in incentive payments for hiring a new apprentice to £3000 for apprentices starting their apprenticeship from 1 April to 30 September and the extending of the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 16, 2021 | Uncategorised
Ofsted has emailed providers to complete an inspection information survey. This survey is to gather information about provider’s FE and skills training provision in case it is selected for an inspection or a monitoring visit for the period up to March 2022. (It...
