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Functional skills barrier removed for ‘eligible apprentices’ from today

The government has finally reintroduced a flexibility that allows apprentices to take their end-point assessment (EPA) before their English and maths functional skills test. Updated Department for Education guidance, published today, says this this can be applied to “eligible” apprentices from February 25. To be eligible, apprentices and providers must have “exhausted all possibilities to […]

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IfATE launches new reports to pre-warn sector of apprenticeship standard revisions

A new tool that pre-warns providers and employers when apprenticeship standards are being revised has been launched today by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. Set to be updated every eight weeks, the first “revisions status report” shows there are 84 standards currently being modified. The institute said it decided to create the tool […]

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Universal apprenticeship provider register reapplication has prompted dismay

The government should think carefully before taking a cliff edge, pass-fail approach to the register of apprenticeship training providers, writes Simon Ashworth Although the FE white paper contained ideas that have stimulated positive debate, the refresh from April of the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP) has prompted universal dismay and frustration across the sector. […]

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Apprentice feedback tool kicked into the long grass

A tool that allows apprentices to give feedback on their training provider via text has been delayed again and will not be launched for at least another year, if ever. The Education and Skills Funding Agency’s Digital Service has been developing the feature for a number of years and its launch was originally set for […]

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Staff need to know about the Apprenticeships Workforce Development programme

Whether an assessor, a leader or a governor, staff involved with apprenticeships now have a new route through which to skill up, writes David Russell National Apprenticeship Week is always a fantastic boost for everyone who works in that field. The following week can feel a bit of a downer, though, like the morning after […]

Opinion

National Apprenticeship Week 2021 | Supplement

Download our special supplement showcasing National Apprenticeship Week 2021, published in partnership with NCFE. It has been a year like no other for apprenticeships which, like so many parts of the employment and training sector, have taken a substantial hit from the coronavirus pandemic. Official Department for Education data shows there were 60,860 apprenticeship starts […]

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Association of Apprentices launches to support trainees and boost retention

An Association of Apprentices has been launched in an effort to help boost the number of the work-based trainees staying on and completing their course. The new support network for apprentices was founded by the government’s apprenticeship ambassador Jason Holt, former Lord Mayor of the City of London Sir Peter Estlin and a co-founder of […]

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Re-apply – again! Anger as ESFA tells providers to make fresh RoATP application

Training providers were left “appalled” this week after the Education and Skills Funding Agency made the “ridiculous” decision that all who are on RoATP will need to re-apply yet again. “They just don’t get what we are going through, do they?” was how one managing director of an independent provider reacted, while a college principal […]

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Ofsted parks new provider monitoring visits

New provider monitoring visits have been delayed indefinitely by Ofsted. The inspectorate previously said it would restart the visits from January face-to-face but later announced they would be conducted remotely until at least the February half-term in light of the third national lockdown. The virtual monitoring visits to providers that are new to delivering apprenticeships […]

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