by Sarah Sawyer | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorised
Amber Rudd, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, gave a speech about the future of the labour market and the government’s labour market strategy at the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.
by Sarah Sawyer | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorised
Ofqual have released their 2019 – 2022 corporate plan, detailing their comprehensive programme of work, and comprising 6 goals, to fulfil statutory duties over the period 2019 to 2022. The full plan can be seen here.
by Sarah Sawyer | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) is recruiting for new panel members to sit on its 15 sector-based route panels. The members will decide the readiness of apprenticeship standards in development in the different sectors, reviewing and...
by Sarah Sawyer | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorised
The individual learner records (ILR) for the 2019/20 year will include a new data field for recording off the job training hours. This mandatory field to record planned hours replaces the previously optional return. Read more on this from FE Week here.
by Sarah Sawyer | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorised
A new £2 million ‘Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme” has been launched by Education Secretary, Damian Hinds. It will provide specialist support and boost protection for children most at risk of criminal or sexual exploitation, such as gangs, drug dealing,...
by Sarah Sawyer | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorised
All public bodies in England with more than 250 employees must submit an annual report on the apprenticeship target. The ESFA has issued a reminder that reports submitted using the public sector apprenticeship reporting tool, which is found within the organisation’s...
by Sarah Sawyer | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorised
Dan Owen HMI, Specialist Adviser for school inspection policy, discusses how Ofsted inspectors evaluate off-rolling on school inspections.
by Sarah Sawyer | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorised
The ESFA have issued an update on the 2018 to 2019 adult education budget (AEB) and 19-24 traineeships funding over delivery. They state that they remain committed to fund 3% of delivery above AEB allocations at the end of the 2018 to 2019 funding year. In addition,...
by Sarah Sawyer | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has updated the register of end-point assessment organisations (May 2019) and the list of standards to see which organisations deliver a particular standard.
by Sarah Sawyer | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorised
The ESFA have updated the apprenticeship performance management rules for training providers. The rules, summary of changes document and a survey to feedback on the rules are here.
