by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 4, 2023 | Uncategorised
Increased funding rates for “priority” adult education courses have been revealed by the Education and Skills Funding Agency however functional skills courses in English and maths will not see any base increase. The government’s new reforms to adult education funding...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorised
Latest edition of East Sussex County Council’s monthly funding news publication.
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorised
The government is “urgently” investigating its apprenticeship website that rejects vacancies for including words such as “stripper”, “man” and “head”. The “recruit an apprentice” gov.uk website allows providers and employers to post and manage apprenticeship vacancies...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorised
Ofsted scrutiny panels that oversee how it handles complaints about inspections have been suspended. The panels, which include a sector representative who does not work for Ofsted, check the “robustness” of how complaints are handled at the internal review stage...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorised
Young care leavers starting an apprenticeship from August 2023 will receive a £3,000 bursary – triple the amount that is currently on offer. The commitments are part of a new £200 million package to improve the UK care system. The DfE said that it will aid local...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorised
A useful article by The Connected Classroom on the future impact of digital learning and AI on education.
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorised
This is Amazing Apprenticeships’s guide for employers to follow, step by step when recruiting an apprentice. The guide is particularly useful for employers who are unfamiliar with the apprenticeship system and recruiting their first apprentice. Click here for...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorised
Latest from ESFA including: 1. Action: reminder to check your provisional Qualification Achievement Rates (QARs) (2021 to 2022) data. 2. Information: new guides to help colleges with reclassification. 3. Information: the high needs place change enquiry window for 2023...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorised
New research from City & Guilds and the 5% Club called Levying Up, found that the government’s apprenticeship levy is currently not working as many employers perceive it should. It shows that levy-paying employers are using an average of 55.5% of available funds...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 2, 2023 | Uncategorised
In March, the Sussex Chamber will be holding two events as an opportunity to hear about their process of revising their “LSIP Priorities and Solutions” to form a new Roadmap for Change for the skills system in the Sussex area and to share the proposed...