by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 5, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA is replacing the Learning Aims website (part of the Hub) with a new website for the start of the 2020 to 2021 academic year. The ESFA says that the Find a learning aim design has simplified the user experience while still providing all of the key information...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 5, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has announced that it will be relaunching the feconnect forum in the next few months to offer a more robust, accessible service and address known issues with the current service. If you would like to join their private beta to try the new site before it goes...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 5, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA is developing an online help centre for education and training providers to make sure their key tools, services and guidance are easy to find, and information is available so common issues can be resolved without having to raise a query with their support...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 5, 2020 | Uncategorised
Monthly e-news for MI managers, software writers and suppliers about FE data systems and reports, the ILR, open data and other data news from the ESFA.
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 5, 2020 | Uncategorised
The National Careers Service is running an Exam Results Helpline, providing professional and personalised advice to those receiving any exam results, including BTECs, GCSEs and A Levels. The helpline will run from Wednesday 12 August until Friday 28 August. It is...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 5, 2020 | Uncategorised
The 16-19 tuition fund guidance has been updated due to an omission in the original version. The ESFA are clarifying that although the actual tuition does not need to be for GCSE English or maths, the students supported all need to be those who had not achieved grade...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 5, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA have instructed that training providers who received funding via the post-16 provider relief schemes are required to submit a reconciled summary of costs used within 60 days of the support ending. As the initial scheme (April – June 2020) has now ended...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 5, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has issued a reminder that all adverts on the Find an Apprenticeship (FAA) website must link to apprenticeship standards now and not frameworks. They advise providers that in order to prevent any vacancies with frameworks appearing on FAA, not to re-open old...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 5, 2020 | Uncategorised
The latest information from the ESFA: 1. Latest information on coronavirus (COVID-19); 2. Reminder: all apprenticeship job adverts for learners starting from 1 August 2020 should feature apprenticeship standards; 3. Information: provider relief scheme (April – June...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 5, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Social Mobility Commission has published a report looking at the national, regional and organisational barriers to stability in the early years workforce. A summary of the findings of the report is here. The Commission recommends a first step of a comprehensive...
