by Jasmine Griffiths | Nov 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
ESFA have issued version 2 of the apprenticeship funding rules for 2023 to 2024. This is to reflect the new apprenticeship provider and assessment register (APAR) as well as a number of other changes. Full details of all the updates for version 2 can be found in the...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Nov 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
In the response to the DFE consultation Skills for jobs: implementing a new further education funding and accountability system published in July 2023, the ESFA Adult Skills Fund (ASF) will replace the ESFA Adult Education Budget from August 2024 simplifying the...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Nov 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
Latest from ESFA including: 1. Reminder: high needs place change process 2024 to 2025: deadline 10 November 2023. 2. Reminder: 2022 to 2023 final reconciliation statements. 3. Information: ESFA Adult Skills Fund – new arrangements for 2024 to 2025. 4....
by Jasmine Griffiths | Nov 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
Top Education and Skills Funding Agency officials have suggested they are not concerned about the financial health of the independent training provider sector, despite several high-profile closures and market exits. Senior agency directors told the Association of...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Nov 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
Fraud and error in further education are getting “worse”, according to the ESFA’s director of finance, who has revealed there was £50 million worth of clawback last year. Andrew Thomas, who heads the agency’s provider market oversight division, said clamping...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Nov 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
The government has paused starts on 18 of the 78 apprenticeships that have no approved end-point assessment organisation. Banners have been placed on the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education’s web page for each standard the new rule applies to, which...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Nov 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
Apprenticeship starts have fallen by 31% in England since the apprenticeship levy was introduced, according to the CIPD. The study also found that employer training has also continued to decline more widely and as 60% of UK employers undertook some training over the...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Nov 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
New funding rates for functional skills english and maths will be brought forward to January 2024, the government’s director for apprenticeships has announced. Kate Ridley-Moy told the Association of Employment and Learning Providers’ conference, that the DfE will...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Nov 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
Ofsted has published its first curriculum research review for further education, focusing on business. Ofsted has published research reviews for the school curriculum since April 2021 and has now started the same work in post-16, making clear that the reviews are not...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Nov 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
Apprenticeship leaders have hailed the early success of a “game-changing” pilot that aims to make apprenticeships more accessible to people with learning difficulties. Hundreds of people who found themselves blocked from apprenticeship opportunities under government...
