Latest from the ESFA including: 1. Reminder: year-end forecast funding claim for 2021 to 2022; 2. Reminder: updating the course directory with apprenticeship training offer; 3. Information: coronavirus (COVID-19) mass testing funding for schools and colleges – allocations now available; 4. Information: improvements and simplifications to apprenticeships from August 2022; 5. Information: version 3 of the apprenticeship funding rules 2021 to 2022; 6. Information: draft apprenticeship funding rules 2022 to 2023; 7. Information: temporary exception to Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP) requirements for supporting providers (subcontractors) delivering training and testing for the acquisition of a driving licence; 8. Information: resetting reservation levels for employers who do not pay the apprenticeship levy from 1 June 2022; 9. Information: apprenticeship training provider accountability framework 2021 to 2022 – webinar for providers; 10. Information: we are switching off our original ‘Recruit an apprentice’ service on 30 June 2022; 11. Information: UK Shipbuilding Taskforce membership confirmed.
