by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 15, 2018 | Uncategorised
SCTP member, Maximus People Services, in partnership with Remploy, is interested in bidding to deliver the devolved Adult Education Budget (AEB) provision across London, being commissioned by the Greater London Authority. They are keen to explore subcontracting...
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 15, 2018 | Uncategorised
FE Week has revealed that, according to figures from the DfE, employers have used just under 14% of apprenticeship levy funds in the first 18 months of its introduction. Further details and comment is here.
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 15, 2018 | Uncategorised
Tom Bewick, Chief Executive of the Federation of Awarding Bodies, has spoken to Sir Gerry Berragan, CEO of Institute for Apprenticeships, and Graham Hastings-Evans, Group MD of NOCN, about the value and challenges associated with End-Point Assessment. You can access...
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 15, 2018 | Uncategorised
Last March, over 800 people turned up to two Apprenticeship Roadshow events in East Sussex. Building on this successful engagement, SCTP is working in partnership with East Sussex County Council again to run two more Apprenticeship Roadshows in Eastbourne and Hastings...
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 15, 2018 | Uncategorised
The Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) have published a report entitled State of the Nation 2018, looking at the performances of schools and colleges against the eight Gatsby Benchmarks, which measure the quality of careers education and guidance. Their report finds...
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 15, 2018 | Uncategorised
Last month Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, announced proposed changes to how Ofsted inspects from September 2019. This article in FE Week looks at what the new inspection framework might mean for training providers. Ofsted will launch a consultation...
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 15, 2018 | Uncategorised
Latest update from the ESFA including: 1. Action: colleges to submit their audited financial statements and associated documentation by 31 December 2018; 2. Action: subcontractor declaration for 2018 to 2019 adult delivery, including apprenticeships and...
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 15, 2018 | Uncategorised
SCTP are creating a series of films to help to support young people into apprenticeships and are looking for apprentices to share their individual apprenticeship journeys. The films will be shared widely with education professionals across Sussex to help them better...
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 15, 2018 | Uncategorised
As part of a national Shaping Success campaign, the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) offers targeted courses to support effective teaching of maths and English for teachers of GCSE, Functional Skills, apprenticeships and study programmes. Click here for more...
by SCTP | Nov 14, 2018 | Uncategorised
National provider network, AELP has celebrated the 900th edition of its weekly newsletter. It started as the newsletter of the Learning and Skills Council as it ‘counted down’ to its implementation but was then taken over by AELP. As part of the...
