by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 21, 2024 | News
National Apprenticeship Week is the 5 to 11 February 2024. The National Apprenticeship Week events map is now live for 2024 and ESFA are starting to see the amazing events that are being held across the week. Last year they had over 1,300 events with over 120k users...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 21, 2024 | News
On behalf of Crown Commercial Service (CCS), ESFA wanted to inform you of an opportunity to participate in this market engagement opportunity that will be of interest to suppliers delivering, or wanting to deliver, publicly funded skills training for adults. CCS...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 21, 2024 | News
ESFA are launching a pilot to support FE colleges by testing further potential simplifications to funding, audit and reporting. This pilot is part of a wider drive within the DfE to simplify FE provision and increase productivity and follows on from the previous...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 21, 2024 | News
Latest from ESFA include: 1. Information: apply to take part in the Further Education (FE) funding simplification pilot. 2. Information: 2024 to 2025 High needs place change process. 3. Information: market engagement opportunity – publicly funded skills training for...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 21, 2024 | News
Ofsted exists to raise standards and improve the lives of children and learners. The primary purpose of inspection or regulation under all their frameworks is to bring about improvement in education provision for learners of all ages and in the care of children and...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 21, 2024 | News
Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver, has published Ofsted’s formal response, addressing each of the recommendations set out by the Coroner following the inquest into the death of headteacher Ruth Perry. The letter sets out what action has been taken before and...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 21, 2024 | News
IfATE is consulting on how the employer stamp of approval should be granted to technical qualifications funded through the Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE). This new flexible loan system will transform the post-18 student finance system in England. From September...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 21, 2024 | News
Apprenticeships are now even better primed to upskill the nation’s workforce and support national recovery in 2024, after a major programme of reviews. The DfE set IfATE a target of reviewing 100 apprenticeships in between April and the end of December 2023. IfATE...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 21, 2024 | News
On Friday 2 September 2022 Lord Parkinson announced the appointment of Baroness Sanderson to help inform future work on a government public libraries strategy, covering England. Over the past year she has hosted a series of themed deep dive discussions involving a...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 21, 2024 | News
The Office for Students have produced a table, which details the total funding awarded to each provider in Wave 1, alongside the relevant degree apprenticeship standard(s). Wave 1 funding will run from January 2024 – July 2024. Click here for more.
