by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 7, 2018 | Uncategorised
Latest update from the ESFA including: 1. Action: subcontractor declaration for 2018 to 2019 adult delivery, including apprenticeships and traineeships; 2. Reminder: traineeship in-year growth business case window 2018 to 2019 – 16 to 18 mainstream budget; 3....
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 7, 2018 | Uncategorised
Latest edition of business update – the ESFA’s monthly round up of information and news for businesses including: 1. Apprenticeship service update; 2. Conference announcements; 3. Work based learners and the Prevent statutory duty; 4. Apprenticeship...
by SCTP | Nov 7, 2018 | Uncategorised
SCTP welcomes SupplyTrain CIC to membership of SCTP. We look forward to working with Managing Director, Phil Golding and his colleagues. Based in the Hastings & Rother area, SupplyTrain is a social enterprise that supplies free, impartial, training and...
by SCTP | Nov 7, 2018 | Uncategorised
The government will not ban new apprenticeship providers from recruiting adult learners if they’re making ‘insufficient progress’ in that theme alone in Ofsted monitoring visits. Updated policy guidance has been published by the ESFA which has brought some...
by SCTP | Nov 7, 2018 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has published a useful guide for providers with a current ESFA funding agreement and AEB allocation. The guide covers future arrangements for both national and devolved Adult Education Budget funding.
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 7, 2018 | Uncategorised
Ofqual has launched a consultation on how it proposes to regulate new Basic Digital Skills Qualifications (BDSQs), which form part of the government’s plans to improve adult basic digital skills. The consultation seeks views on the qualifications’ defining...
by SCTP | Nov 7, 2018 | Uncategorised
A multi-million pound initiative will help teachers and leaders prepare for new T Levels. Teachers and staff across the country will benefit from a new £8 million professional development offer, being developed by the Education and Training Foundation (ETF), to help...
by SCTP | Nov 6, 2018 | Uncategorised
The Education and Training Foundation has launched the Digital Teaching Professional Framework designed to help the Further Education and Training workforce to become confident and effective users of technology in teaching and learning. The Digital Teaching...
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 6, 2018 | Uncategorised
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), in partnership with Pearson, has published the 2018 CBI Education and Skills Annual Report. The report highlights that more than three-quarters (79%) of businesses expect to increase the number of higher-skilled roles over...
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 6, 2018 | Uncategorised
SCTP member, London Learning Consortium, is looking for partners for their bid for the Adult Education Budget (AEB) funding, part of the devolved procurement by the Greater London Authority (GLA). They would like to work with organisations from the non-profit and...