by SCTP | May 19, 2025 | News
BHCC is seeking qualified and experienced training providers to develop and deliver the Brighton & Hove Skills Bootcamps across four priority subject areas that include digital, project management, construction and sport. For more information see this recent SCTP...
by SCTP | May 18, 2025 | News
This DfE press release states that school mental health support rollout to reach up to 900,000 more pupils this year, covering six in ten children across the country.
by SCTP | May 18, 2025 | News
West Sussex councils have submitted their draft interim plan for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) to the Minister for Local Government and English Devolution, Jim McMahon, outlining their progress and seeking guidance on several critical issues to ensure a...
by SCTP | May 18, 2025 | News
In recent years, public debates on gender have increasingly focused on boys and men falling behind. Girls’ outperformance of boys in education has perhaps masked the emergence of other concerning trends, primarily their worsening mental health and wellbeing. Several...
by SCTP | May 18, 2025 | News
An alternative series of statistics from the Resolution Foundation to the ONS’s Labour Force Series based on tax data and ONS population data.
by SCTP | May 18, 2025 | News
Measures unveiled in the immigration white paper will reshape our immigration system towards those who contribute most to economic growth, with higher skills standards for graduates and workers. Click here for more information and sector reaction from FE News.
by SCTP | May 18, 2025 | News
The skills minister has said there is “potential for further devolution” as she admitted to “tensions” with mayors over skills funding powers. Jacqui Smith highlighted 16 to 19 funding as a potential area where the Department for Education could release some control...
by SCTP | May 18, 2025 | News
The Department for Education has introduced minimum off-the-job training (OTJ) hours for each apprenticeship standard for the first time. Funding rules for 2025-26, stated that OTJ hours-by-standard were necessary due to the shortening of the minimum apprenticeship...
by SCTP | May 18, 2025 | News
Young people who did not pass GCSE English and maths must continue to study the subjects if they take a new foundation apprenticeship – but they will not be required to sit or pass the tests. Apprenticeship funding rules for 2025-26, included a section for foundation...
by SCTP | May 18, 2025 | News
A campaign group demanding a U-turn on the scrapping of enforced English and maths resits for adult apprentices has been launched. The English and Maths Coalition (EMC) claims apprenticeship functional skills exams and the government’s forced GCSE resit policy,...
