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How to be a great Designated Safeguarding Officer for your apprentices

If you’re a designated safeguarding officer (DSO) for an apprenticeship training provider, you have a very important role to play in securing the safety and well-being of your apprentices. You are not only responsible for dealing ...

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  • 25 Jul
  • Tim Chewter
  • Blog
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Five practical tips for measuring and assessing apprentice behaviours

In this post, we share with you five practical tips on how to measure and assess apprentices’ behaviour whilst on-programme. As a trainer/coach you know that behaviours are one of the key components of the knowledge, skills and ...

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  • 09 Jun
  • Tim Chewter
  • Blog
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Getting your costings right for apprenticeships

Getting your apprenticeship costings right is essential for ESFA compliance and for operating a financially sound apprenticeship programme Though every apprenticeship standard has a maximum funding band, each provider may have their ...

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  • 27 Apr
  • Tim Chewter
  • Blog
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How to access Learning Support Funding for apprentices

If you are an apprenticeship provider, you can claim Learning Support Funding (LSF) to help you cover the additional costs of supporting learners who have learning difficulties or disabilities including those previously undiagnosed. ...

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  • 27 Apr
  • Tim Chewter
  • Blog
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Employer Support Conference – Midlands/South

T Levels are the government’s flagship technical education programme, combining in-classroom learning and a substantial industry placement. Hosting industry placements will help you fill skills gaps, bring young talent to your ...

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  • 24 Apr
  • Tim Chewter
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T Levels Employer Support Conference – ARU

Welcome to the second T Levels Employer Support Conference! This page will provide you with all the information you need for the upcoming conference. T Levels are the government’s flagship technical education programme, combining ...

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  • 24 Apr
  • Tim Chewter
  • Blog
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10 top tips for monitoring apprentice progress

We all know that regular progress reviews are vital for checking apprentices are on track with their learning and working successfully towards completion. However, great progress reviews are much more than a check-in and chase-up… For ...

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  • 29 Mar
  • Tim Chewter
  • Blog
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When does it pay for training providers to use external expertise? A case study

SDN has provided consultancy support to over 1,000 apprenticeship providers in the last 5 years – through both government-funded programmes, like the Future Apprenticeship Programme, and through paid-for webinars, events and in-depth ...

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  • 24 Mar
  • Tim Chewter
  • Blog
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Apprenticeship Workforce Development live-online and face-to-face courses now open for bookings

Booking is now open for live-online, face-to-face and in-house Apprenticeship Workforce Development (AWD) courses, complementing the existing on-demand course offer from phase one of the programme. These nine fully-funded courses ...

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  • 21 Mar
  • Tim Chewter
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The solution to off-the-job compliance? A clear planned curriculum.

David Lockhart-Hawkins is SDN’s Strategic Associate for funding and compliance, and lead consultant at Lockhart Hawkins. Here, David tackles an important change in the apprenticeship funding rules that every provider needs to consider ...

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  • 20 Feb
  • Tim Chewter
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  • funding , insights

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