ESFA crack down on poor subcontracting practice – Sector Response
ESFA Chief Executive writes to post-16 education and training providers to underline the strict subcontractor rules ESFA Chief Executive, Eileen Milner, has today (Thursday, 03…
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Apprenticeships: off-the-job training
How employers and training providers should meet the 20% off-the-job training requirement for apprentices, with some best practice examples. The guide, commitment statement, flowchart, and mythbuster…
Scaling up the #Apprenticeship assessment service
Angela Scale is one of the ESFA’s Product Managers in the Apprenticeship Service. Angela talks about how the launch of an application programming interface (API) for…
How #apprentices in England are assessed
An apprenticeship is a genuine job with an accompanying skills development programme. An apprenticeship can be a standard or a framework. Apprenticeship standards will replace…
New financial model for colleges to signal when financial health in decline
ESFA to simplify the way colleges submit their data ESFA are introducing a new way for colleges to submit their data which is set to…
Changes to apprenticeship payments for September
Changes to #apprenticeship payments for September which do not affect providers getting payment and on the date expected The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA)…
The National Careers Service course directory is changing
The course directory is changing to make it easier for providers to add their course information. As part of the measures to make the course…
From business administration apprentice to user researcher
I started out as a business administration apprentice and now I help to design the online apprenticeship service. When I was 17, I was studying…
The Education Secretary’s response to Lord Tyrie’s letter about school uniform
Gavin Williamson’s response to the letter sent from the Competition and Markets Authority. On Wednesday, 4 September 2019, the Competition and Markets Authority sent a letter…
ESFA Update: 4 September 2019
Latest information and actions from the Education and Skills Funding Agency for academies, schools, colleges, local authorities and further education providers. Documents ESFA Update further…