by SCTP | May 18, 2018 | Uncategorised
SCTP members City & Guilds and NCFE are offering free webinars to support providers plan for and implement end point assessments in apprenticeships. The free NCFE webinar ‘We’re ready for end-point assessment – are you?’ is on the 22nd May and...
by SCTP | May 17, 2018 | Uncategorised
Extra payments to providers training the youngest and most disadvantaged apprentices will remain in place from August, the Department for Education has confirmed. The 20-per-cent uplift is for 16- to 18-year-old apprentices on frameworks, with additional cash for...
by SCTP | May 17, 2018 | Uncategorised
Latest from the ESFA (former EFA) including: 1. Information: ESFA e-bulletin subscriptions; 2. Action: summer school census opens today; 3. Reminder: local authorities to submit school financial value standard chief finance officer’s statement by 31 May 2018; 4....
by SCTP | May 17, 2018 | Uncategorised
Care leavers will be boosted by a new £1,000 bursary payment if they choose to do an apprenticeship from August 2018, the Government has announced. The £1,000 bursary will be paid once to each care leaver in the eligible age range, when they start an apprenticeship...
by SCTP | May 17, 2018 | Uncategorised
Providers in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country will be given an extra £500 per learner for post-16 maths teaching, in a pilot announced today by the ESFA. It will test three different approaches to using the funding, to assess which is most effective...
by SCTP | May 17, 2018 | Uncategorised
Apprenticeship starts were down 40 per cent in February compared to the same period in 2017, the latest provisional government statistics have shown. There were 21,800 starts reported for the month, compared with February 2017’s provisional total of 36,400. Click here...
by SCTP | May 17, 2018 | Uncategorised
AoC has announced a further £90,000 that is available through the Education and Training Foundation for additional joint practice development projects under the Outstanding, Teaching, Learning and Assessment (OTLA) National Technical Skills Programme. If you are...
by SCTP | May 17, 2018 | Uncategorised
West Sussex and Worthing Councils are jointly holding an Apprenticeship Fair on 4th July 4-7pm at the Broadwater campus of GB Met College. This event is open to all providers and we understand that several have already confirmed that they will be taking part to...
by SCTP | May 16, 2018 | Uncategorised
Latest from the ESFA (former SFA) – only one item this week: Developing the ESFA Customer Commitment – volunteers wanted.
by SCTP | May 16, 2018 | Uncategorised
The slowest economic growth in more than five years has not impacted the UK job market, unemployment data for May shows a record employment rate in the first three months of 2018. The unemployment rate remains at 4.2%, down from 4.6% a year earlier, according to...
