by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 14, 2019 | Uncategorised
Congratulations to SCTP members, Pearson and NCFE, who have been awarded contracts to develop, deliver and award the first three T Levels from 2020. NCFE has been awarded a contract to deliver the Education and Childcare T Level, and Pearson has been awarded a...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 14, 2019 | Uncategorised
Latest update from the ESFA including: 1. Action: T Level funding consultation, webinar video; 2. Information: technical change to 16 to 19 maths and English condition of funding guidance; 3. Information: adult education budget (AEB) devolution update.
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 13, 2019 | Uncategorised
Latest edition of business update, the ESFA’s monthly round-up of information and news for businesses including: 1. Apprenticeship service update; 2. New national apprenticeship campaign launched; 3. National Apprenticeship Week 2019 – Blaze a Trail!; 4....
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 8, 2019 | Uncategorised
FE Week reports that the DfE has launched a tender to research if and how providers and employers are adapting training and the associated costs to take into account the prior learning of apprentices. Read the full story here.
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 8, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Education Secretary, Damian Hinds, has said that he believes that character and resilience are as important as academic achievement. He has laid out five foundations for building character and pledged to work with schools and other organisations to help every...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 8, 2019 | Uncategorised
Brighton & Hove City Council have released a video aimed at people working in their schools to introduce the range of apprenticeship opportunities which might be open for them in either teaching or non-teaching roles. The video can be seen here.
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 8, 2019 | Uncategorised
The second round of the Taking Teaching Further programme, which opened in December will close on 15 February. The programme is inviting bids from post 16 providers to attract industry professionals to teach in further education. The programme will provide financial...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 8, 2019 | Uncategorised
To mark Children’s Mental Health Week (4-10 February), the government has announced that up to 370 schools in England will take part in a series of trials testing different approaches to supporting young people’s mental health. Children will benefit from...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 8, 2019 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has published a funding claims and reconciliation update which highlights that it is government policy to recover debts, such as AEB under-delivery, as soon as possible after a contract reconciliation. They are therefore encouraging providers who are under...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 8, 2019 | Uncategorised
SCTP member, the Open University, has published some analysis which highlights that UK businesses could be at risk of losing £3 billion in funding, as only 14% of available funding from the apprenticeship levy has been drawn down so far and from April 2019 the...
