Over the past few months I have been involved in many discussions with providers around the ESFA Apprenticeship Rules regarding Associates and/or Secondees and...
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The process for application to the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers has changed, again. This time the move came almost overnight, with little notification...
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Officialdom will no doubt decide the future of apprenticeship provision and adult skills provision in England, I have been in the educational landscape for...
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We have today contacted the Public Procurement Review Service regarding the lateness of the ESFA in releasing AEB Tender results. The following is our communication with...
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Last Friday the DFE slipped out 16 pages of draft guidance for providers on the process for the new statutory reviews of provision to...
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I have been very vocal, in my opinion wholly justified about the competence of the ESFA and the people at the top of the...
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Interesting to read the man in our trade press who enjoys tweeting to himself because he has no-one commenting or sharing his tweets about...
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So, the much-heralded bill was read in the House yesterday. It was disappointing to see the requirement for Year 7 compulsory Career’s education not...
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So today, 12th May 2021 the ESFA have issued their guidance on the process for termination of provider contracts. I do not say REVISED because to the...
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In this article we consider the importance of initial assessments for apprentices, with the impact this essential early activity has on the planning and...
Read More Cornwall is one of the most beautiful corners of the world, I spent most of my summer holidays as a child throughout the whole...
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I have been reading with interest the significant level of comment on opinion about the ESFA’s or was it the Treasury’s determination that there...
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