by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 12, 2019 | Uncategorised
Ofqual has published further updates to their page explaining how they are currently reforming the English and maths Functional Skills qualifications, including a descriptive video outlining the changes. This can also be viewed on their ‘requirements and...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 12, 2019 | Uncategorised
The DWP publishes a range of statistics covering their area of responsibility, including statistics on employment programmes such as Work Programmes, Access to Work and Help to Work.
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 12, 2019 | Uncategorised
An ESF funded Call has been published to run a project to support unemployed or inactive residents find a way of travelling to/from employment or training opportunities. The project must cover the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) area. Details about the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 12, 2019 | Uncategorised
SCTP were delighted to be part of the Brighton and Hove Apprenticeship graduation ceremony on 7 March. The ceremony saw apprentices and traineeship learners celebrate their achievements with their friends, family and their employers and training providers....
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 11, 2019 | Uncategorised
27 people attended the latest SCTP Pre-employment Group meeting at Lewes Jobcentre on Wednesday 27 February. The meeting included updates from CXK on the National Careers Service, East Sussex College on T Levels as well as updates from DWP and the Local Authorities....
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 8, 2019 | Uncategorised
Mates in Mind are an organisation who are striving to improve apprentices’ mental health. They have launched an Apprentices’ Mental Health Survey, the results of which will help them to develop a programme tailored to apprentices’ needs and...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 8, 2019 | Uncategorised
Sean Harford, National Director, Education at Ofsted, has written a blog about some of the early findings from their pilot inspections under the draft education inspection framework that they are currently consulting on. The framework is scheduled to take effect from...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 8, 2019 | Uncategorised
Details of the 2019 to 2020 funding system for the Adult Education budget and 16 to 18 traineeships has been published. Also published is the draft AEB funding rules for 2019 to 2020. The draft document is for consultation and details are included on how to comment on...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 8, 2019 | Uncategorised
The draft advanced learner loans funding rules for the 2019 to 2020 funding year have been published, with details on where to send any comments on the draft document.
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 8, 2019 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has explained that this year’s 19+ allocations have been issued in a new digital format through ‘manage your education and skills funding’ (MyESF) which replaces the Skills Funding Service. It is designed to be a more up to date, efficient...
