by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 17, 2021 | Uncategorised
The ESFA is hosting a webinar on Tuesday 23 March between 14:00 – 16:00 for independent training providers (ITPs) and adult community learning providers (ACLPs), to provide useful information and explain how home testing will work in these settings. The webinar...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 17, 2021 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has issued a reminder that existing 2020/21 adult education budget (AEB) contracts for services will expire on 31 July 2021. The reminder includes details of the current procurement application window for ESFA funded AEB contracts for services which closes at...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 17, 2021 | Uncategorised
The latest news from the ESFA: 1. Latest information on coronavirus (COVID-19); 2. Action: the coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce fund for schools and colleges online form is now live; 3. Reminder: adult education budget (AEB) contracts for services expiring on 31 July...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 17, 2021 | Uncategorised
Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, gave a speech at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Annual Conference on 17 March. She spoke about the importance of re-opening, remote education, the catch-up effort and CPD. The transcript of her...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 16, 2021 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has published version 4 of the Traineeships framework for delivery 2020 to 2021 guidance. It has added new information to annexes D and E to give advice on two common errors made in claims, and added a new annex to explain some of the queries it has...