by SCTP | Jul 5, 2025 | News
You are invited to join Jacqui Smith, the Minister for Skills, and Phil Smith, the Chair of Skills England, for a live online event on post-16 education and skills on Tuesday 8 July at 4pm. The session will give you a chance a to hear directly from the Minister about...
by SCTP | Jul 5, 2025 | News
The £3,000 care leavers’ bursary provides valuable support for apprentices who are care leavers or still in care. However, local authority data suggests not all eligible apprentices are receiving the bursary. To address this, the DfE has clarified in the funding...
by SCTP | Jul 5, 2025 | News
The DfE has recently added a new option in your apprenticeship service account to simplify the funding approval for apprentices. Training providers will now be able to add new apprentice details imported from the individual learning records (ILR) by clicking the...
by SCTP | Jul 5, 2025 | News
Latest information from the DfE including: 1.Add apprentice details to the Apprenticeship Service account using ILR data; 2. Funding rules and guidance update for apprenticeships care leavers’ bursary; 3. Apprenticeship carry-in allocations for the 2025 to 2026...
by SCTP | Jul 5, 2025 | News
Impetus has released their latest report, ‘Youth Jobs Gap: Exploring compound disadvantage’. The report is the tenth in the Youth Jobs Gap series, exploring new evidence of young people aged 18-24 years old who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) in...
by SCTP | Jul 5, 2025 | News
Following an inquiry into how employers can be supported to engage with the Youth Guarantee, the APPG for Youth Employment has released its full report and key findings.
by SCTP | Jul 4, 2025 | News
Information from the DfE to help schools, colleges and independent training providers manage the risk of fraud.
by SCTP | Jun 29, 2025 | News
The Department for Education has announced allocations for a “targeted” employer support fund (ESF) to support small and large employers offer placements for health and construction T Level students.
by SCTP | Jun 29, 2025 | News
The SEND deficit ‘statutory override’ that protects potentially scores of councils from insolvency has been extended to 2028. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has confirmed that the so-called SEND deficit “statutory override” –...
by SCTP | Jun 29, 2025 | News
The government will temporarily cut minimum off-the-job training (OTJ) hours for 39 apprenticeship standards by up to half after concerns emerged that the timing to implement new rules was “too short”. Click here for more from FE Week.
