by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 20, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Children’s Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, has called on the government to investigate the decline in percentage of pupils leaving school without reaching Level 2 attainment. Her report shows that in 2018 18% of school leavers left education at 18...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 20, 2019 | Uncategorised
In their 2019 annual report on education spending, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has revealed that despite the government’s recent allocation of an extra £300 million for FE for 2020–21, which will lead to a real-terms increase in spending per pupil of over...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 20, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership (C2C LEP) has launched a consultation on the economic profile of the area. This analysis will inform C2C’s Local Industrial Strategy which will be negotiated with Government early next year and, when published, will...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 20, 2019 | Uncategorised
SCTP member Crossland and Dudson Training are actively seeking partners with AEB funding. They are a long established training provider and deliver across a range of areas and subjects including Functional Skills, IT and some apprenticeships. They have a steady stream...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 20, 2019 | Uncategorised
The ETF’s latest 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 | Sep 20, 2019 | Uncategorised
We’re delighted to announce that John Young has become the latest consultant member of SCTP. A word from our new member: I offer workplace skills training for the easily bored. I don’t do dreary powerpoints. There’s no jargon. No flow charts. Just hands on fun...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 20, 2019 | Uncategorised
Talking about the Labour party’s plans for their proposed National Education Service, the shadow education secretary has not ruled out replacing Ofsted with a different system of accountability for education providers. Read more here.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 19, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Department for Education were the subject of a Freedom of Information request, asking how much they had paid towards the apprenticeship levy, how much it has used of its levy and how many apprentices the DfE has recruited in the period since the levy introduction....
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 19, 2019 | Uncategorised
As part of wider activity for preparing to leave the EU, the Department for Education would like to know what steps further education and apprenticeship providers are taking. They are asking providers to complete a short survey by Friday 27 September. They state that...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 19, 2019 | Uncategorised
Ofqual has published statistics on vocational and other qualifications (excluding GCSEs, AS levels and A levels) from April to June 2019. The main trends in the statistics are also available on the linked page.
