by SCTP | Oct 12, 2017 | Uncategorised
Latest update from the ESFA (former SFA) including: 1. Individualised Learner Record (ILR) – R14 hard close; 2. Qualification Achievement Rates (QAR) dataset production specification documents for 2016 to 2017; 3. Exceptional Learning Support 2016 to 2017; 4....
by SCTP | Oct 11, 2017 | Uncategorised
20 people gathered at Sussex Downs College’s Newhaven Campus in Newhaven for SCTP’s latest meeting of its Pre-employment Group. The meeting focussed on updates from Local Authorities and giving members the opportunity to share, discuss and resolve issues...
by SCTP | Oct 11, 2017 | Uncategorised
AELP (the national provider network) has sent through its latest update for members of local provider networks. The first half is very much about AELP’s Future Apprenticeship offer for providers with the second half a useful update on current issues and AELP...
by SCTP | Oct 11, 2017 | Uncategorised
Ofsted has provided an update regarding inspection developments and how they are adapting to changes. They have made only very minor clarifications to the Further education and skills inspection handbook. The slightly revised version of the handbook here. A summary of...
by SCTP | Oct 11, 2017 | Uncategorised
AELP has submitted a pre-Budget submission to the Treasury in advance of the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget on 22 November. It is a shorter submission than the one sent in for the Budget earlier in the year because it reminds officials that some of the matters raised the...
by SCTP | Oct 11, 2017 | Uncategorised
Education Secretary Justine Greening, has announced the first three T levels in Digital, Construction, and Education and Childcare, which the government says will help to deliver a generation of home-grown talent post-Brexit. At the same time a T Levels Action Plan...
by SCTP | Oct 11, 2017 | Uncategorised
Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has announced the publication of the Government’s Internet Safety Strategy with the aim of making Britain the safest place in the world to be online by cracking down on dangers like cyber-bullying, trolling and under-age access to...
by SCTP | Oct 10, 2017 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Apprenticeships has launched its new website. Content created by the Institute and its publications had been historically hosted on GOV.UK – the Institute says that the move to an independent domain reflects the evolution of the Institute and its...
by SCTP | Oct 9, 2017 | Uncategorised
The government has published an extensive audit into how different ethnic groups experience public services. In presenting the report to Parliament, the First Minister highlighted three issues: gulfs between how different groups are doing in different parts of the...
by SCTP | Oct 9, 2017 | Uncategorised
Education Secretary, Justine Greening has launched plans to raise education standards and broaden the horizons of young people in areas struggling with social mobility. The Opportunity Area programme is a key part of the government’s priority of tackling social...
