by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 26, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Education and Training Foundation has announced that the number of enrolments on its Prevent resources has reached over half a million. The ETF are funded by the Department of Education to provide Prevent duty support for organisations in the FE sector, as well as...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 26, 2019 | Uncategorised
There is an established group of ESFA funded providers who operate across Brighton and Hove, who hold quarterly meetings to share best practice and support each other in interpreting ESFA and other guidance in order to meet the city’s priorities. If there are any...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 26, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Resolution Foundation has published a report into the apprenticeship reforms claiming that they have led to a drop in the number of lower-quality apprenticeships in low-paying sectors. They warn however that more businesses are now offering apprenticeships to...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 24, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has called on the government to look into increasing apprenticeship funding in the forthcoming spending review to help small employers to be able recruit apprentices. Read more about this here.
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 24, 2019 | Uncategorised
Dame Martina Milburn, Chair of the Social Mobility Commission, has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid, about the need to increase funding of Further Education in order to improve outcomes for disadvantaged young people.
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 24, 2019 | Uncategorised
Ofqual have published a guide to the 2019 GCSE results in England. This includes a summary of the year’s results, an infographic summarising the results and links to an interactive analysis of this year’s GCSE results. GCSE results for maths and English in...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 23, 2019 | 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, you can sign up for these updates at the bottom of the bulletin. This edition introduces a...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 23, 2019 | Uncategorised
The ESFA have published version 3 of the application guidance for the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP).
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 23, 2019 | Uncategorised
The national retraining scheme is the government’s new programme to prepare adults for future changes to the economy. It will support employed adults over age 24 who do not have a qualification at degree level and are paid below a certain wage threshold. One of the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 22, 2019 | Uncategorised
UCAS has confirmed the tariff point allocation for T Levels will be in line with 3 A levels. The Department for Education has updated their Introduction of T Levels guidance to reflect this new information about grading, certification and UCAS points. Their T Level...