From FE Week: The government “anticipates” it will be able fund all over-delivery on non-levy apprenticeships for providers who exceed their contract allocation in the January 2018 to March 2019 period. The news will be met…
From FE Week: A new apprenticeship provider has been judged to be making ‘insufficient progress’ after Ofsted found it did not take into account learners’ previous qualifications when putting them on programme. Inspectors reported that many…
This workshop is being delivered again due to popular demand Thursday, 25 April – Birmingham Overview This one day workshop will provide a sound overview of the differences between the current (legacy) Functional Skills English and…
The 12th annual National Apprenticeship Week will run from 4 to 8 March 2019. The theme for NAW2019 is ‘Blaze a Trail’, inspired by our ‘Fire it Up’ marketing campaign. If you are hosting an event…
In December 2018, the ESFA ran a customer survey to gain feedback as part of the constant drive for improving their communications. The feedback has provided the ESFA with insight into how customers communicate with them…
The Secretary of State has approved a further recommendation from the review of apprenticeship funding bands, led by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. The Digital and Technology Solutions Professional apprenticeship will be moved into…
Further to the over-delivery Update article on 30 January, the ESFA have been monitoring providers’ delivery. The ESFA can confirm that they are now in a position to fund over-delivery from January 2018 to March 2019,…
T-Levels how to express an interest to deliver in 2021 to 2022 academic year, including the transition offer The Department for Education (DfE) is looking to identify the next tranche of providers to deliver T Levels…
The growth and new facility request forms for Advanced Learner Loans are now available. Completed request forms must be sent to AllFacility.REQUESTS@education.gov.uk before 5pm on Friday 1 March 2019. Providers must submit a growth request form…
ESFA Assurance update – Managing the risks of an ESFA funding audit Facilitated by: Colin Marshall, Senior Manager, KPMG and Andrew Foley, National lead for the delivery of FE assurance engagements, KPMG Date: Thursday, 28 February…
