by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 9, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA is asking providers delivering apprenticeships to complete a short survey on access to Functional Skills assessments. You can access the survey online and the survey will close on Friday 18 September.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 9, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) has launched a range of free, new, easy to access, products to support FE teachers and trainers in delivering digital teaching. There is a 60-minute starter pack for EdTech training, for staff new to the use of educational...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 9, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published the Keeping children safe in education 2020, statutory guidance for schools and colleges on safeguarding children and safer recruitment. It sets out the legal duties they must follow to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 9, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has advised that the Register of Training Organisations (ROTO) which has been closed since 2016, will be formally decommissioned on the 31 July 2021 and ESFA funding rules will be updated to reflect this. The current funding rules state that subcontractors...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 9, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has amended the eligibility criteria for the 16 to 19 tuition fund, so students who have not achieved a grade 5 or above in English and/or maths can now be supported, rather than grade 4. The ESFA has issued eligible providers with a template that needs to be...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 9, 2020 | Uncategorised
The latest information from the ESFA: 1. Latest information on coronavirus (COVID-19); 2. Reminder: 16 to 19 tuition fund opt-in template deadline 16 September 2020; 3. Information: closure of Register of Training Organisations; 4. Information: Keeping Children Safe...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 9, 2020 | Uncategorised
The government has announced that businesses in England that are required to shut because of local interventions will now be able to claim up to £1,500 per property every three weeks. This targeted support is in addition to businesses eligibility for the government’s...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 9, 2020 | Uncategorised
On 9 September the government announced new measures to attempt to control COVID-19 and keep the number of infections down. The updated Staying alert and safe guidance details these new measures as does the updated Coronavirus FAQ guidance. From Monday 14 September...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 9, 2020 | Uncategorised
The South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) has added two recent webinar recordings to their SELEP YouTube channel, ‘Supporting Carers in the Workplace’ and ‘Unpicking Apprenticeships Part 1’ and Part 2, covering some of the recent apprenticeship funding too....
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 8, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Education Select Committee held a session on the upcoming FE White Paper. A number of witnesses were asked their views on the issue of whether colleges in England should be brought back into public ownership, which is an option being considered by the DfE. The...
