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The education secretary is sticking to the 2020 start date for T-levels – even though his own permanent secretary has asked to delay it until 2021. The revelation came in a ministerial direction published this afternoon by the Department for Education. “As things stand today, it will clearly be very challenging to ensure that the […]
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The immigration enforcement official blamed for the downfall of the former home secretary Amber Rudd has been moved from the Home Office to the Cabinet Office to lead on apprenticeships strategy. The Home Office announced that Hugh Ind “is moving to work at the Cabinet Office where he will take forward the public sector apprenticeships […]
Ofsted has levelled stinging criticism at a provider that trains apprentices for Heathrow Airport, in a hard-hitting early monitoring inspection report. The report on Birkenhead-based Mooreskills Limited was published today. It follows a report in March on Key6 Group, from the same town, that found its apprenticeships were “not fit for purpose”. These have been […]
The funding rate for the controversial management degree apprenticeship is set to fall, following a review of the most popular standards. The Institute for Apprenticeships announced today that it will look at 31 standards (see table below), at request from the Department for Education. The IfA will now have 30 funding bands to choose from […]
Ofsted has taken a highly unusual decision to extend its inspection of NCG, suggesting that not all is well at the nation’s largest college group. Two teams of inspectors were sent in last Monday owing to achievement rate concerns, and they had been due to wrap up their investigations by the end of last week. […]
An adult and community learning provider has boosted its grade to ‘good’ in a positive week for the FE and skills sector, as two providers received glowing reports following monitoring visits of their apprenticeship provision. Hackney London Borough Council was rated grade two across the board, up from its previous ‘requires improvement’ rating, in a […]
The quality of apprenticeships is in decline, Ofsted has said, and the programmes are starting to resemble the doomed Train to Gain initiative from the mid 00s. The inspectorate’s deputy director for FE and skills told MPs on the commons education select committee earlier this week that around half of inspections carried out so far […]
With the latest figures on apprenticeship starts published today, its easy to get pulled into the debate about whether or not government will hit its three million target, and indeed whether or not it matters. The Learning and Work Institute has welcomed efforts to expand apprenticeships, but we’re clear that as numbers increase, it is […]
Opinion
Young care leavers starting an apprenticeship from August will receive a one-off bursary of £1,000. It’s one of a number of “minor adjustments” to guidance on apprenticeship funding from August 1, announced by the Department for Education on Thursday. Other changes include a doubling in the number of funding bands from 15 to 30, and […]
