Apprenticeships

2020/21 apprenticeship achievement rate hits 57.7% – and just 51.8% for standards

Almost half of learners on the new-style apprenticeship standards failed to successfully complete their programme last year, new figures...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Revised 2019/20 apprenticeship achievement rates reveal huge drop

The overall achievement rate for apprenticeships in 2019/20 has fallen to 57.5 per cent – 6.7 percentage points lower...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Government criticised for axing public sector apprenticeship target

Officials accused of 'throwing in the towel' after confirming the move today

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

FE Week asks the skills minister: are apprentices paid enough? 

'It's better than it looks on paper', says Alex Burghart

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Treasury plays down apprenticeship levy review

Employer and skills bodies want clarity over 'bizarre' backtrack

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Spring statement: Chancellor will review apprenticeship levy

The government will review the apprenticeship levy to check it incentivises investment "in the right kind of training" according...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
AAC2022, Apprenticeships

Revealed: AAC Apprenticeship Awards 2022 winners

From a record number of entries, the countries best apprenticeship training providers and employers have been unveiled at the...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
AAC2022, Apprenticeships

Low apprenticeship achievement rates will not impact Ofsted grades, chief inspector promises

'Our framework does not require inspectors to use achievement rates to make a judgement'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
AAC2022, Apprenticeships

DfE ‘will not be satisfied’ with upcoming apprenticeship achievement rates, top civil servant warns

Peter Mucklow has hinted there will be a big drop in national achievement rates this year

Billy Camden
Billy Camden