Apprenticeships in the UK is a devolved policy. This means there are differing rules, regulations and programmes across the home nations. So, if you’re a successful apprenticeship provider in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland is it ...
Becoming a successful End-Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO) is no simple task. There are a plethora of things you need to think about, but perhaps most importantly, is how you will recruit, train and retain end-point assessors that ...
You’ve decided to maximise your levy, work with your teams and a training provider to develop an awesome apprenticeship programme that will give you a pipeline of talented staff ready to become your skilled workforce of tomorrow. ...
Getting initial assessment right for apprenticeship standards is vital – not just for compliance, but also in underpinning a high-quality individual learning programme. That’s why the ESFA and Ofsted are looking at it closely. ...
Over the last few years, training providers up and down the country have done an exceptional job of adapting their apprenticeship provision so it’s more employer focused and tailored to individual businesses’ needs. But do employers in ...
The number of on-programme apprenticeship practitioners adding end-point assessment to their CVs is on the rise. Thousands of people jump the fence (or gateway!) back and forth each week – helping one cohort of learners progress ...
Whether you’re completely new to the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers or expecting to reapply in the coming months, you’ll be keen to make sure your application gets the green light first time around… To help you on your ...
With apprenticeship levy credits expiring each month, it can be tempting to either bury your head in the sand and write the levy off as a tax or spend hours and hours championing apprenticeships in a scatter-gun approach – persuading ...
As an organisation that provides up-to-date CPD to the apprenticeship sector, we get asked many questions from front-line staff eager to better navigate apprenticeship standards. Below is a series of popular questions on employer ...
Grading is a new concept for apprenticeships. It’s a key feature of the new (end-point) assessment approach. But are you, as a trainer, looking at ways in which you might introduce your apprentices to the concept of grading as part of ...
