Apprenticeships

To the new skills minister – scrap the 67% apprentice achievement target

Some providers are already getting 96% of their apprentices past the finish line. Why is the target so low?...

Jess Staufenberg
Iain Mackinnon
Apprenticeships

Five reasons apprentices like me are dropping out

Training providers are struggling to give clear instructions on what’s expected of apprentices, writes Dexter Hutchings I started my...

Jess Staufenberg
Dexter Hutchings
Apprenticeships

Frustration as ESFA’s course directory crashes and delays crucial apprenticeship provider updates

Providers have been blocked from updating their apprenticeship offer to prospective employers for a month after the Education and...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Ofsted, Pay

AELP conference highlights: Leaders talk funding rate review, the levy and staffing crisis

Ofsted, AoC, IfATE and CBI among speakers at AELP conference

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Apprenticeships

Lifetime Training’s grade 3 Ofsted report published

Inspectors criticise focus on financial performance and starts over quality

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Ofsted to hit England’s largest apprenticeship provider with grade 3

Quality concerns found at Lifetime Training, which delivers to big-name employers and the civil service

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Higher education

New ‘method’ to quality assuring higher and degree-level apprenticeships launched

It is part of the second phase of reforms to how EQA works for end-point assessment

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Burghart sets ‘ambitious’ apprentice achievement rate target and announces feedback tool drop-outs

But AELP chief fears the target will be unachievable

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Top levy-funded apprenticeship providers for past 2 years reavealed

Lifetime Training has continued its dominance

Billy Camden
Billy Camden