by Paul Mitchell | 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 Paul Mitchell | 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 Paul Mitchell | 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 Paul Mitchell | 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 Paul Mitchell | 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...
