Dec 13, 2024 · Finalists for this year’s record-breaking Apprenticeship and Training Awards have been revealed. Formerly known as the AAC Apprenticeship Awards, over 600 nominations were submitted from employers, training providers, colleges and …

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Sep 11, 2024 · The government’s education funding agency will be closed down next year, the education secretary has announced.. The Education and Skills Funding Agency will be “integrated into the core Department for Education” by the end of March 2025.

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Mar 28, 2024 · Additional learning support funding is set for reform and functional skills requirements for SEND apprentices will be relaxed next year, according to new proposed apprenticeship funding rules.. The Department for Education is also introducing a new subcontracting threshold and plans to review “more flexible approaches” to active learning.

Oct 29, 2024 · Apprentices will see an 18 per cent bump to the minimum hourly wage next year, the Treasury has announced. Ahead of the autumn budget tomorrow, chancellor Rachel Reeves said that the apprentice wage will rise from £6.40 to £7.55 an hour from April 2025.

Jul 6, 2024 · Posting on X, formerly known as Twitter, Smith said: “I am incredibly proud to be returning to @educationgovuk [Department for Education] working with the enormously impressive @bphillipsonMP [Bridget Phillipson] in a job which is crucial for ensuring opportunities for all and contributing to the government’s central mission to deliver growth.”

Apr 11, 2024 · Controversial accountability thresholds that “unfairly penalised” larger training providers have been replaced in an update to the apprenticeship accountability framework.

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Jan 9, 2025 · The proportion of students passing GCSE resits in English fell dramatically in the November series. Results published by the Joint Council for Qualifications this morning shows 34.9 per cent all English resit participants achieved the standard pass of grade 4 or above in England.. It marks a stark 5.4 percentage point drop from last year, when 40.3 per cent secured at least a standard pass and ...