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...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 16, 2021 | Uncategorised
The ESFA guidance on incentive payments for hiring a new apprentice has been updated to reflect the increase in incentive payments for hiring a new apprentice to £3000 for apprentices starting their apprenticeship from 1 April to 30 September and the extending of the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 16, 2021 | Uncategorised
Ofsted has emailed providers to complete an inspection information survey. This survey is to gather information about provider’s FE and skills training provision in case it is selected for an inspection or a monitoring visit for the period up to March 2022. (It...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 16, 2021 | Uncategorised
Margaret Greenwood MP has been announced as the new Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Adult Education. The APPG was constituted to raise the profile of adult education, highlight the benefit that it makes to our communities and to celebrate the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 16, 2021 | Uncategorised
West Sussex County Council supported Young Carers Action Day on 16 March by asking professionals who work with families to look out for potential young carers who could benefit from the support available from the council’s Young Carers Family Service. Young...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 15, 2021 | Uncategorised
The government has announced the agenda for Safety Tech 2021, a world-first Expo event to showcase how technology can be used to support safer online communities. The event will be hosted on the CogX platform on Wednesday 24 March 2021, and will feature more than 30...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 15, 2021 | Uncategorised
This article details some recent research which shows that more than 17,500 chain store outlets closed in 2020, with only 7655 opening. This net closure is a third higher than in 2019.
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 15, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Department for Transport has announced the successful bidders for its rural mobility fund, which will provide funding to trial on-demand bus services in rural or suburban areas.
