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Barnfield College has suspended its recruitment of new apprentices, after it received an ‘inadequate’ rating for this provision from Ofsted this week. The college’s inspection report was published on March 7 and rated it ‘requires improvement’ overall, but the lowest possible mark was given for apprenticeships. Providers who get a grade four in this provision […]
News
The 20-per-cent off-the-job training rule is the biggest barrier to apprenticeship recruitment according to an FE Week survey – but Anne Milton will not budge on it. The contentious policy was attacked by more than a quarter of respondents to our annual survey, where we asked readers which single policy change would make the apprenticeship […]
Thirteen organisations, including a Welsh college and the furniture retail giant DFS, have been unexpectedly added to the register of apprenticeship training providers. The third and most recent window of opportunity to get on to RoATP closed at the end of October, with results published in January, and it has not officially reopened since. These […]
Apprenticeships as they stand are low-paid and inflexible, and that prices out people with care needs and children. This must change, warns Dr Carole Easton As the government struggles to reach its target of three million apprenticeship starts, and while employers figure out how to make the most of the new levy, the needs of […]
Opinion
Sheffield College has held onto its grade three rating following a recent Ofsted visit – despite concerns that falling standards could drag it down. The huge college, which has suffered a string of leadership changes in recent months, was rated ‘requires improvement’ overall and in six headline measures in a report published this morning and […]
Barnfield College has been rated grade four by Ofsted for apprenticeships, which means it will lose the right to offer them under updated government rules. An inspection report out this morning rated it ‘requires improvement’ in all other headline fields, except for adult learning programmes and provision for people with high needs, where it was ‘good’. […]
The regional winners of the inaugural Annual Apprenticeship Awards have been announced at a special ceremony in the House of Commons today. The categories included ‘apprentice employer’, ‘apprenticeship provider’ and ‘promoting apprenticeships campaign’, and winners will now head to the national finals on March 22. The event was sponsored by the chair of the education […]
Doing an apprenticeship rather than going to university can take “guts”, the skills minister has told a group of apprentices. Anne Milton was speaking at an apprentice round table hosted by apprenticeship agency WhiteHat, founded by Euan Blair [pictured above with Ms Milton], at the start of National Apprenticeship Week 2018. “I think anybody who […]
Jason Holt CBE, the chief executive of HoltsGroup, has been named chair of the Apprenticeship Ambassador Network, replacing its disgraced former chair David Meller. This is a promotion for Mr Holt, who had previously been the apprenticeships ambassador for small businesses. The Association of Employment and Learning Providers was quick to tweet its congratulations. Fantastic […]
