by Jasmine Griffiths | May 12, 2024 | Uncategorised
ESFA want to thank the providers that have ensured that their individualised learner record (ILR) data for the final cohort of traineeship learners who started their traineeship on or before the Monday 31 July 2023, is correct. ESFA have asked for traineeship...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 12, 2024 | Uncategorised
ESFA’s student financial support scheme guides set out the funding rules for the different schemes. ESFA review and update them annually and they have recently published the guides for the 2024 to 2025 academic year for: 16 to 19 Bursary Fund Care to Learn...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 12, 2024 | Uncategorised
Latest from ESFA including: 1. Action: Use your 16 to 19 tuition funding before the end of the 2023 to 2024 academic year. Information: ESFA 16 to 19 Bursary Fund and Care to Learn guides for 2024 to 2025. Information: Payments for Care to Learn and 16 to 19 Bursary...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 12, 2024 | Uncategorised
Training providers and employers could soon be allowed to assess their own apprentices under plans being drawn up by the Department for Education. Officials are planning to test several alternatives to the current end-point assessment (EPA) model in a quest to improve...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 12, 2024 | Uncategorised
These agreements from the ESFA contain a main terms and conditions body and schedules. You can find background information on the structure of the education and skills agreements on the ESFA education and skills agreements 2019 to 2020 page. ESFA will publish version...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 12, 2024 | Uncategorised
The education staff wellbeing charter is a declaration of support for, and a set of commitments, to the wellbeing and mental health of everyone working in education. The charter is for education staff in England. This includes temporary and support staff. All...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 12, 2024 | Uncategorised
On Thursday 9 May, members of the House of Lords debated the importance of skills for the success of the UK economy and for the quality of life of individuals. The importance of skills is recognised across the main political parties in the UK and evidence suggests...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 12, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Restart Scheme is an employment support programme that was launched as part of the Plan for Jobs multi-strand policy, providing up to 12 months of support for long-term unemployed people. The DWP commissioned this research as part of the overall evaluation to:...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 7, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Sussex LSIP is doing an evaluation and is looking for local examples of the following, which have been highlighted as important: Explore freedoms and flexibilities within existing policy and current skills funding system, for example: Sussex-wide approach to test...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 6, 2024 | Uncategorised
The UK economy will see the slowest growth of the largest developed nations next year, according to forecasts. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) predicted that UK gross domestic product – a key measure of economic health –...
