by Jasmine Griffiths | May 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
SCTP would like to congratulate new member Gateway Qualifications, as they have received confirmation that their digital functional skills qualifications have been signed off for delivery in August 2023, by Ofqual – being the first organisation to achieve this....
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
This FE Week article by Jessica Hill looks into the social care system and how the government wants more apprentices to fill the 165,000 vacancies however there are grave doubts over the viability of the current funding model, as two of the biggest providers of adult...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
The Department for Education has set aside £2 million for a communications campaign to build awareness of the incoming lifelong loan entitlement (LLE). Due to be rolled out in 2025, the LLE will provide individuals with the equivalent of four years of post-18...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
Apprenticeships have the potential to make a transformative difference to the lives of learners and to the skills and productivity of businesses, but this potential is not currently being realised. In this report, the IPPR recommends that intermediaries should become...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
The 2023-24 Apprentice Funding rules have now been published and are for information only. They will apply to apprenticeships starting between 1 August 2023 and 31 July 2024. The summary of changes explains the specific funding rules that are changing from 1 August...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
The Funding Information Service (FIS) is an offline tool for checking your individualised learner record (ILR) data. ESFA have updated the FIS release guide for 2022 to 2023. Click here for more.
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
This DfE guidance page has published an update on ‘Emergency planning and response for education, childcare and children’s social care settings’ by updating information on emergency alerts, building local partnerships and recording attendance for remote...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
ESFA is inviting you to take part in a confidential online interview about the design of a new curriculum finance planning efficiency benchmarking tool. They are looking at how it can support colleges in their financial efficiency planning activities using data that...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
An update to the provider-facing dashboard that supports the Apprenticeships Accountability Framework has been made. The update includes: A technical fix to the ‘Learners Past Planned End Date’ measure ESFA have amended the ‘Breaks in Learning’ measure to address an...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
Latest from ESFA including: 1. Information: college financial forecasting return (CFFR). 2. Information: 16 to 19 tuition fund 2023 to 2024 claim form. 3. Information: update on the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) for 2023 to 2024. 4. Information: Apprenticeships...
