by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 18, 2019 | Uncategorised
Sir Gerry Berragan, Chief Executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships, has spoken about the IfA’s view of management apprenticeships as being a key part of a broad apprenticeship offer, following some concerns from some parts of the sector about the use of...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 18, 2019 | Uncategorised
East Sussex County Council are delighted to announce that they are staging the county’s first ever apprenticeship graduation ceremony in Summer 2019. Further details regarding the date and location will be announced in the coming months. Now that the event has...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 17, 2019 | Uncategorised
Ofsted has launched a consultation on the proposed education inspection framework for September 2019. The consultation closes on 5 April 2019. You can read the transcript of the speech from Amanda Spielman, Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, about the new framework here...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 17, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Department for Education has published the expression of interest to deliver the next group of T Levels to be taught from 2021. The next 7 T Levels will be Health; Healthcare Science; Science; Onsite Construction; Building Services Engineering; Digital Support and...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 17, 2019 | Uncategorised
The government has launched a new campaign to promote apprenticeships among young people, parents and employers. The new campaign, which includes national TV and social media adverts and a new website, aims to help raise awareness of the variety of apprenticeship...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 16, 2019 | Uncategorised
Latest update from the ESFA including: 1. Action: how to express an interest to deliver T Levels in 2021 to 2022 academic year, including the transition offer; 2. Action: qualification achievement rates (QAR) 2017 to 2018 – provisional data window; 3. Action: help us...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 16, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Resolution Foundation has published a report on employment trends over the last decade since the global financial crisis. It looks into the decade of employment growth but notes that some of this has come at the cost of job quality and also that younger people...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorised
Kate Josephs has been appointed as the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s new director of funding. She is currently director of national operations for academies and regional delivery at the DfE and will start her new role in April. She will head up a new...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorised
Chris Jones, HMI, Specialist Adviser for Apprenticeships at Ofsted, has written a useful blog which covers Ofsted’s new provider monitoring visits. He outlines the themes the inspectors concentrate on and explains the progress judgements they make with some...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorised
The government has announced a new rail card for 16 and 17 year olds which enables them to get 50% discount on rail travel. The scheme will launch for September 2019 to coincide with the new academic year.
