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Teresa Frith Senior Skills Policy Manager December 2014

A New Agenda?

Learner Driven – customers/consumers (directly and indirectly), loans, personalised programmes, technology Higher Standards – curriculum design and assessment, accountability Institutional autonomy balanced with accountability - to parents, students, locality, holders of the public purse Employer Led - sponsoring institutions, designing standards and assessment strategies, endorsing qualifications, receiving public funds, exerting influence locally (LEP) All within the context of : Austerity – rebalancing who pays for what and why

Study Programmes

Ofsted publication : Transforming 16 to 19 education and training: the early implementation of 16 to 19 Study Programmes (September 2014) Series of recommendations:

• Careers advice
• Senior Leader should be accountable for Study

Programmes and Governors should hold leaders to account for implementation of Study Programmes

• Complete a full curriculum review – progression

routes

• Ensure individualised programmes

• Level 1 programmes – work experience and

work preparation a core aim, English and maths and progression

• Levels 2 and 3 – sufficient and suitable work

related activity and work experience

• Clear policies and procedures concerning

English and maths

• Traineeships

Study Programmes Continued

The Inspection Process: Further Education and Skills

• Implementation 2015/16
• Common framework: early years, schools, FE and Skills
• Short inspections of ‘good’ providers every three years
• Greater emphasis upon safeguarding, suitability of the

curriculum, preparation for life and work in Britain today including personal development, welfare and behaviour

• Separate grade for personal development, behaviour and

welfare

• Types of provision rather than subjects
• Lesson observations – to be graded or not?

Ofsted consultation closes 5 December 2014

The Review Process : Higher Education

• The setting and/or maintenance of academic

standards

• The provision of learning opportunities
• The provision of information
• The enhancement of the quality o​f students' learning
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….. And the development of a new quality assessment process QAA conducting a Higher Education Review

Technology

Further Education Learning Technology Advisory Group (FELTAG) Government response to recommendations June 2014

• Learners
• Employers/LEPs and colleges working together to support

emerging digital technologies

• Developing the workforce – including Governing Bodies
• 2014/15 field in ILR to capture information
• 2015/16 on-line only funding route
• Learning Futures – innovations in the use of learning technology
• Today: digital colleges publication

Employer Led

Apprenticeships

• 111 standards developed/in development
• Significant numbers at L3 and above
• Majority have professional body recognition
• English and maths requirements set out
• Trailblazer funding rules published and each standard

ascribed to a Core Government Contribution Cap

• Employers and training providers agree a price for

training and assessment

• Co-investment for purchasing training and assessment – employers agree a price

for delivery

• For every one third that an employer invests in training an apprentice, the

Government will pay two thirds up to a clear cap set for each standard.

• English and maths (Level 1 & 2) will be fully funded and additional learning

support is available as needed.

• Employer Incentive Payments will be made to support key groups for eligible

employers and apprentices during the first year for 16-18 year old - 50% at 3 months and 50% at 12 months

• For small businesses – 100% at 3 months
• For completion - at the end of the Apprenticeship
• Incentives can be used as each employer choses

Funding 2014/15

14/15 Funding Model for Trailblazers

Maximum Core Government contribution (£2 for every £1 from employer) Cap 1 Cap 2 Cap 3 Cap 4 Cap 5 £2,000 £3,000 £6,000 £8,000 £18,000 Employer contribution if the maximum cap is claimed £1000 £1,500 £3,000 £4,000 £9,000 Additional incentive payments Recruiting a 16-18 year

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£600 £900 £1,800 £2,400 £5,400 For a small business (<50) £500 £500 £900 £1,200 £2,700 For successful completion £500 £500 £900 £1,200 £2,700 Maximum total Government contribution £3,600 £4,900 £9,600 £12,800 £28,800

Questions?