by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 15, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Nicky Morgan, gave a speech on making technology work for everyone and the government’s principles to help make this happen. The full speech can be read here.
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 14, 2020 | Uncategorised
Robert Halfon MP has written an article claiming that skills, social justice, standards, and support for the profession should be the four interlocking foundations of the government’s education programme. His comments include developing the National Retraining Scheme...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 14, 2020 | Uncategorised
Ofsted’s Deputy Director of Research and Evaluation, Daniel Muijs, has written about the reasons for carrying out research at Ofsted and how the current Education Inspection Framework (EIF) was developed after reviewing existing research on educational...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 14, 2020 | Uncategorised
The latest apprenticeship pay survey for 2018 to 2019 has been published. The survey of almost 10,000 apprentices provides statistics on working arrangements, basic hourly rate of pay, total earnings and compliance with the apprenticeship national minimum wage. The...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 14, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has updated the application guidance for the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP).
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 13, 2020 | Uncategorised
The next stage of the apprenticeship Fire It Up campaign has been launched, with advertising on TV, poster sites, cinema, social and digital channels. There is a campaign toolkit available with logos and links to videos.
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 13, 2020 | Uncategorised
The government has announced an investment of over £14 billion in primary and secondary education between now and 2022/23. As part of this, every secondary school will receive a minimum of £5,000 per pupil next year, with every primary school getting a minimum of...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 13, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ETF publishes a fortnightly T Level bulletin which details the Department for Education’s funded T level professional development offer. The latest edition can be seen here.
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 13, 2020 | Uncategorised
Skills East Sussex has announced the appointment of the new Chair of Skills East Sussex. The new Chair is Diana Garnham and will take up her new role for the next Skills East Sussex meeting in February.
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 10, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has published a new guidance document outlining the changes to the way employers who do not pay the levy arrange their apprenticeships. This document outlines how non levy paying employers are now able to access the Apprenticeship Service to engage with...
