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DO YOU HAVE A STORY? News CONTACT US [email protected] FE colleges to fully reopen in September is the ‘intention’

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It is the government’s “intention” to get colleges “back in September”, the prime minister said this week after announcing that schools will reopen by then with “full attendance” as social distancing rules are relaxed. Boris Johnson told the House of Commons on Tuesday that he will reduce the distance that needs to be maintained between people from two metres to one from July 4. After announcing a raft of industries reopening from that date, such as pubs, restaurants, hairdressers, hotels and campsites, the prime minister said: “Primary and secondary education will recommence in September with full attendance and those children who can already go to school should do so because it is safe.” He was later asked by Richard Graham MP if he would agree that the “absolutely crucial Boris Johnson goal is for all children and students and FE colleges and universities to be able to go would not be possible to return all students and lots of students post-16 travel a long way back to school, college and university in the with social distancing rules in place. to get to college.” autumn absolutely safely?” David Hughes, chief executive of the Following Johnson’s announcement on Association of Colleges, appeared in front of Tuesday, Geoff Barton, general secretary the education select committee on Wednesday of the Association of School and College “It is going and was asked by MPs if he thought his Leaders, said that it was “pure fantasy” to to be very difficult members could restart with full attendance by suggest that reducing the social distancing September as the prime minister suggested. rule to one metre would allow all children and to open fully” “I think it is going to very difficult to open students to return in September. fully,” he said. “We need a proper strategy to bring children “We are expecting most students to have a back into schools and colleges based in reality Johnson replied: “It is our intention to get blended offer. That might mean one or two and on public health guidance,” he added. not just schools but FE colleges back as days in college and one or two days working Johnson said that his government will soon well in September and get our young people at home. publish Covid-secure guidelines for every back where they need to be in education and “I think we have got to invest in the sector that is reopening and “slowly but preparing for their future.” technology and the online materials and that surely these measures will restore a sense of Colleges have been allowed to welcome is a big investment that the Department for normality”. back more students from June 15, but are Education could make quite urgently and “After the toughest restrictions in peacetime only allowed up to a quarter of 16-to-19-year- could make a profound impact on the success history, we are now able to make life easier olds in the first year of a study programme on for those learners. for people to see more of their friends and site at any one time until the summer break. “Social distancing is still going to be an family and get businesses back on their feet Principals have previously warned that it issue, public transport is going to be difficult and people back into work,” he added.

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DO YOU HAVE A STORY? News CONTACT US [email protected] Covid financial support for 16-19 private providers finally revealed

BILLY CAMDEN the expected delivery in March to July on the clawback profile until March 2021.” [email protected] previous year’s delivery for students recruited The ESFA made clear this funding support between March 1, 2019 and July 31, 2019, taking is a “one-off” in response to the unexpected up to half of this into account. disruption caused by the arrival of coronavirus Private training providers whose recruitment In addition, the agency will “add the actual and ILPs should “not expect this to be repeated of 16-to-19 students has been “limited” due to delivery for students recruited between March in future”. Covid-19 have been offered financial support to 2020 and July 2020, up to a maximum of 100 ILPs making a business should also “not seek” ease budget pressures. per cent of the 2018 to 2019 funded delivery for support from government’s Coronavirus Job Independent learning providers (ILPs) can March 2019 to July 2019”. Retention Scheme (CJRS) to furlough staff whose now make a business case to the Education and No clawback relief will be possible if the salaries are paid from continuing ESFA or any Skills Funding Agency to prevent clawback of cash delivery in 2019 to 2020 exceeds the cash other public income. any underperformance they have experienced delivery in 2018 to 2019 for the period from 1 “ILPs submitting a business case must for this group of learners. March to 31 July for each year. demonstrate they have not received support The ESFA said: “ILPs may be recruiting fewer The ESFA added that to further support ILPs, from the CJRS to furlough staff involved in part-time students than they would normally they are extending the clawback period to the continued direct delivery of provision recruit between March 2020 to July 2020. include January 2021 to March 2021. remotely of 16-to-19 study programmes and “This will impact on the level of funding that “The clawback that is planned for July 2020 where possible recruitment of 16-to-19 students these students would usually attract and will will be included into the re-profiling, from between March 2020 to July 2020,” the ESFA result in clawback of funds for 2019 to 2020. August 2020 to March 2021. This does not need said. “The ESFA will support ILPs whose to be requested and will be shown in the R10 “The Department for Education is considering recruitment of students, to a 16-to-19 study reconciliation statement. appropriate measures to monitor use of claims programme, have been limited due to the “There may be a small number of exceptions from CJRS in order to detect any duplication of lockdown situation and who have faced where a risk to ESFA and public funds is public funding and will be considering potential clawback for under-performance.” identified. In these instances, we cannot delay options to recover misused public funding as For approved cases, the ESFA said it will base July 2020 clawback, but we will extend the required.” In class, or from home, bksb is proud to support 90% of FE colleges with award-winning EdTech for English and maths.

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DO YOU HAVE A STORY? News CONTACT US [email protected] College leaders all for Covid action – not ‘warm words’

BILLY CAMDEN explained how a “significant reduction in catch up with the teaching they have missed [email protected] apprenticeship starts” has left them with “no since lockdown (see page 10). option but to reduce staffing costs in this area”. The government has also said colleges must They added that “unfortunately in six to 12 pay for equipment and measures to make them From front months, when apprenticeship roles are needed a Covid-secure site out of their existing budget to restart the economy, we won’t have those and no additional support will be provided. College leaders have warned the sector staff in place”. As FE Week revealed last week, multiple is facing a financial crisis owing to the East Sussex College is another college principals have said they are having to fork out “enormous impact” of Covid-19 as they plead feeling the strain of the drop in starts. They hundreds of thousands of pounds on personal with government to replace “warm words” with told FE Week they are anticipating a £400,000 protective equipment (PPE), hand sanitiser, actual support. to £500,000 reduction in apprenticeship income signage, shields and temperature guns. Bradford College is one of the first by the end of this financial year compared to Hughes described the potential £2 billion forced to make drastic decisions to stay pre-Covid-19 budget planning. loss in college income as an “enormous impact afloat by announcing 107 redundancies And this will only get worse next year: and this is on a sector that has faced a decade after experiencing a £2 million drop in “Apprenticeship income is budgeted to reduce of austerity and neglect” and insisted there apprenticeship income since lockdown. by £1 million in 2020-21 compared to the out- are a “number of things” government can do The college’s principal Chris Webb accused turn for the financial year ending March 2020, protect the sector. the Department for Education of being “short- and £1.4 million lower when compared to the “They can help with cashflow, they can bring sighted” after he approached them for supplier pre-Covid-19 budget.” forward some of the payments. It is not about relief support to help protect the job losses The college’s spokesperson added that “at more money, it is just about when the money only to have the bid rejected. present”, this has not required redundancies comes, they can absolutely do something But Bradford is not alone in feeling the but “some fixed-term contracts have not been around apprenticeship capacity in key priority severe impact of the coronavirus pandemic. renewed”. sectors with employers, they can support On Wednesday, Association of Colleges chief Another college that offers apprenticeships, colleges where the solvency is now an issue. executive David Hughes told MPs on the Dudley College of Technology, told FE Week “They can definitely give colleges more education select committee that his members’ they are still modelling the impact of Covid-19 certainty about the flexibilities they will need. income, which currently totals around £7 but they have had to request “short-term What we know is lots of young people will billion annually, could fall by up to £2 billion government support”. be persuaded by schools to stay in school next year. Dudley’s spokesperson would not say how and then after a little while they will get a bit He said colleges that have moved into the much emergency funding they have requested, disillusioned and go to college. The college apprenticeships market and increased their but added they “await further government needs the certainty that they will have the commercial income streams are “no doubt” announcements to guide our decisions”. funding to support those learners and at the the most at risk. A spokesperson for West Nottinghamshire moment they don’t have that.” Hughes added that this was “ironic” as the College said they have “lowered our forecast Hughes said there is a “lack of urgency and government has been “urging them to do activity by around £1 million to reflect employer understanding of what is going to hit us in the that for years [increase their apprenticeship feedback, which indicates starts will be delayed autumn” and “we’ve got lots of warm words delivery], they do it and a crisis hits and they or in some cases, firms will miss a year of but no real action”. are the most exposed”. In 2015, the then skills recruitment”. Minister for apprenticeships and skills minister Nick Boles told the AoC conference Hughes said the government “must must Gillian Keegan said: “We recognise the to stop letting private providers “nick your must” do something to support colleges, challenges that colleges are facing as a result lunch” – urging them to get more involved in especially after the DfE “indefensibly” snubbed of Covid-19. apprenticeships. them from their £1 billion plan to help students “We have provided unprecedented Hughes said his organisation recently support through the Job Retention Scheme, surveyed the 17 colleges that provide guaranteeing existing grant funding as well as apprenticeships and they predicted a 50 per the bursary and supplier relief schemes for cent drop in starts next year, which would contracted provision. We have also increased equate to a £30 million loss just to those 17. the base funding rate for 16 to 19 provision He insisted “it is not just independent from September. training providers” that are at risk of going "For colleges in significant financial bust without additional financial support from difficulties, the existing support arrangements government when it comes to apprenticeships remain in place including short term solvency as starts plummet. support through emergency funding.” A spokesperson for Bradford College David Hughes Chris Webb

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DO YOU HAVE A STORY? News CONTACT US [email protected] ESFA provider relief round 2: what you need to know

BILLY CAMDEN Providers must hold a direct contract that going to update and change delivery models to [email protected] was procured as a service under Public operate without further relief from November Contract Regulations 2015, and their 2018-19 2020”. qualification achievement rates must be above The ESFA said training providers receiving The Education and Skills Funding Agency 40 per cent. support from this scheme “must be prepared” launched its second Covid-19 provider relief Providers with rates below that threshold can, to provide “all evidence of spend for future scheme on Thursday. however, submit an “exceptional case that they reconciliation and provide ‘open book’ access to FE providers can now bid to receive are a critical supplier based on niche provision”. accounting records, upon which their application apprenticeship and adult education budget Those bidding for supplier relief must have is based”. funding in advance of delivery for the period July submitted their latest financial accounts to the They must also be prepared to “provide to October 2020. ESFA where these are due by June 19, 2020, not forecast financial information with an The first supplier relief scheme was run been judged by Ofsted as making ‘insufficient accompanying commentary to demonstrate their from April to June and resulted in a third (58) progress’ as a result of a new provider plans for sustainability over the coming year”. of the 165 training providers that applied being monitoring visit which resulted in a suspension awarded extra funding. on new starts, and delivered under the contract What support will successful applicants The ESFA said any provider that bid in the first prior to April 2020. receive? scheme can apply for support from this second Providers must also plan to deliver learning The ESFA will calculate a “funding cap” for each round. under the contract in July, August, September training provider requesting support from the A spokesperson for the agency said: “In and October 2020, and demonstrate the “ability scheme, which will be “applied to the amount offering supplier relief, the aim is to continue to continue to deliver without additional support requested by the provider”. to retain capacity within the apprenticeships from November”. “The cap will be based on the proportion of and adult education sector to deliver the skills They also must not have furloughed the staff funds you were paid, through each eligible needed to support economic recovery post- required to deliver the contract, and not received contract for services for the corresponding pandemic. a notice of termination from the ESFA. month in 2019,” the agency explained. “As part of that, ESFA also wants to support “For example, if you were paid eight per cent of training providers to maintain delivery to, and What do providers need to prove to be your allocated AEB funds in July 2019, then your support for, existing learners and employers and successful? AEB funding cap for July 2020 will be eight per enable new learners to enrol.” The ESFA stressed that providers will need to cent of your current allocation. demonstrate that they have a “need” for the “A cap for August, September and October Who is eligible? funding requested “in order to maintain capacity 2020 will be applied using the same method. Eligibility rules for apprenticeship and AEB Covid within their organisations to support learners However, existing maximum contract values support have largely stayed the same as the first and respond to the economic recovery”. (MCV) continue to apply and your funding cap round. They will also need to “explain how they are cannot exceed 25 per cent of the MCV even where the average earnings exceed this.” The relief scheme will apply to activity undertaken in July, August, September, and October 2020 and will be paid in the subsequent months. “Funding through this relief scheme will be paid on top of the regular payment claimed via the individualised learner record (ILR),” the ESFA added. “The total of the two payments will not exceed the provider’s funding cap, if you earn more funds through your ILR claim than your funding cap we will not pay any relief.” Closing date for applications is midnight July 9. The ESFA will respond to applications by August 6.

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DO YOU HAVE A STORY? News CONTACT US [email protected] Treasury made decision to exclude colleges from £1bn catch-up fund

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It was the Treasury’s decision to pull colleges from the Department for Education’s £1 billion Covid-19 catch-up plan, FE Week understands. Last week, the DfE sparked outrage after telling the press that 16-to-19 providers would be included in the support package only to send out a “correction” two hours later that removed them. Ministers have so far refused to say why colleges Gavin Williamson were suddenly snubbed at the 11th hour despite pressure growing on them to provide answers. spending an extra billion pounds in terms of raising attention they need.” A cross-party group of MPs wrote to education standards and helping those youngsters who have Under the DfE’s £1 billion proposal, all state secretary Gavin Williamson on Tuesday urging been impacted by it.” primary and secondary schools will split £650 him to extend eligibility for funds to colleges, while Pressing Williamson on the same topic minutes million in additional funding for the 2020-21 a petition has also been launched by a former later, former shadow education secretary and MP academic year to help their pupils catch up on principal calling for the decision to be reversed. for Salford and Eccles, Rebecca Long-Bailey, asked: education missed as a result of the coronavirus But FE Week understands it was actually the “What on earth happened?” pandemic. Treasury’s call. But again, the education secretary ignored the The remaining £350 million will pay for the When approached for comment, the Treasury question and instead criticised the Labour Party, establishment of a National Tutoring Programme, did not deny that they overruled the DfE. A stating: “Maybe it would be nice if the lady opposite which will run for the duration of the next spokesperson would only say they have nothing could welcome such proposals.” academic year and give schools access to subsidised further to add on this matter additional to the Later in the session, Chesterfield MP and shadow tutoring sessions and free coaches for up to two education secretary Gavin Williamson’s words in apprenticeships and lifelong learning minister million disadvantaged pupils. the House of Commons on Monday. Toby Perkins asked how the government can The Association of Colleges and Sixth Form Williamson had dodged multiple questions “justify leaving them [16-to-19 providers] out of Colleges Association had been in discussions from MPs who challenged him on the exclusion that announcement when a plan for schools was in with the DfE about the support package and both of colleges from the £1 billion scheme during place last week?”. expected their members to be included in the education questions on Monday. Skills minister Gillian Keegan replied this time announcement. The very first question came from Wes and said the DfE would provide more details “soon” The cross-party letter sent to Williamson on Streeting, Labour MP for Ilford North, who said: on how 16-to-19 providers can “further support Wednesday was from the officers of the All Party “Last Thursday the incompetence, or was it a row students” needing to catch up on the education they Parliamentary Group for sixth-form education who between DfE and the Treasury, that saw at half-past have lost due to Covid-19. said they “do not understand why 16-to-19 providers six the DfE press release announcing support “I think it’s clear the initial focus has been on the such as sixth form and other colleges are not able to including early-years and post-16 education, only school catch-up. There has been a great response access” the support package. by half-past eight to see a support package only for from the further education sector. It was signed by Conservative MPs Jason schools. “They were quick to move online, they have McCartney, Peter Aldous, Caroline Nokes and “Isn’t it time for the secretary of state to get a grip provided a wide range of engaging and innovative William Wragg, while Labour Party signatories and get the action that we really need?” classes but we do recognise the need for catch up, included Dame Diana Johnson and Rachel Hopkins But Williamson had nothing to say about colleges particularly those starting college from school. We and the only Green MP, Caroline Lucas. in his response: “This is the party and this is the are working to see what more support we can give A petition calling on the government to reverse government that is absolutely committed to closing to make up for the disruption due to Covid-19.” their decision to drop 16-to-18-year-olds from the gap between those who are most advantaged Boris Johnson was also quizzed on the issue the funding has also been launched by Christine and those who are most disadvantaged. by Daniel Zeichner MP during prime minister’s Megson, an education consultant and former “That is why we are not just talking about it like questions on Wednesday. The prime minister said: Stafford College principal. the party opposite did, we are driving up standards “We will of course do everything we can to ensure Almost 700 people had signed the petition at the in education and in schools. That’s why we’re not just our schools but our colleges also get the time of going to press.

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Long-Bailey sacked from opposition front bench by Starmer

FREDDIE WHITTAKER stay in the Labour Party,” she said. [email protected] Starmer’s spokesperson said: “As leader of the Labour Party, Keir has been clear that restoring trust with the Jewish community The shadow education secretary Rebecca is a number one priority. Antisemitism takes Long-Bailey has been sacked by Labour many different forms and it is important that leader Sir Keir Starmer. we all are vigilant against it.” A spokesperson for Starmer said she had Long-Bailey was appointed in April after been “asked to step down” after sharing Starmer won the Labour leadership election. an article that “contained an antisemitic She replaced Angela Rayner, who became conspiracy theory”. the party’s deputy leader. On Thursday, Long-Bailey shared an Long-Bailey later tweeted she had tried to interview with actor Maxine Peake in the discuss the matter with Starmer but he had Independent newspaper, in which Peake “already made his decision”. claimed that “the tactics used by the police She added: “I am proud of the policies we in America, kneeling on George Floyd’s have developed within the party from our neck, that was learnt from seminars with Green Industrial Revolution to a National Israeli secret services”. Education Service and I will never stop Long-Bailey insisted in a later tweet that working for the change our communities Rebecca Long Bailey her original tweet “wasn’t intended to be an need to see. endorsement of all aspects of the article. “I am clear that I shall continue to support work towards a more equal, peaceful and “I retweeted Maxine Peake’s article the Labour Party in parliament under sustainable world.” because of her significant achievements and Keir Starmer’s leadership, to represent It is not known at this stage when Starmer because the thrust of her argument is to the people of Salford and Eccles and will appoint Long-Bailey’s successor.

EU students to be barred from FE loans next year

undergraduate, postgraduate and advanced Citizens’ Rights under the EU Withdrawal BILLY CAMDEN learner financial support from Student Finance Agreement, EEA EFTA Separation Agreement [email protected] England for courses starting in academic year or Swiss Citizens’ Rights Agreement 2021-22,” Donelan said. respectively”. Students from the European Union will lose She confirmed that this change will apply to “It will also not apply to Irish nationals living eligibility for advanced learner loans from further education funding for those aged 19 in the UK and Ireland whose right to study August next year, the government confirmed and above, including the national and devolved and to access benefits and services will be this week. adult education budget, and funding for preserved on a reciprocal basis for UK and Universities minister Michelle Donelan apprenticeships. Irish nationals under the Common Travel Area announced new rules on Tuesday, which The EU makes up 11 per cent in terms of arrangement.” also apply to students from the European learners and funding for colleges currently, She added that EU, other EEA and Swiss Economic Area and Swiss nationals. according to statistics published by the Student students, staff and researchers make an It comes as the UK prepares for the Loan Company. “important contribution to our universities…I end of the transition year for leaving Donelan said the changes will not want that contribution to continue and am the European Union at the end of affect students “starting confident – given the world-leading quality of December. courses in academic year our higher education sector – that it will”. “Following our decision to leave 2020-21, nor those Home fee status currently allows those the European Union, EU, other EEA EU, other EEA and impacted to pay tuition fees at the “home” and Swiss nationals will no longer Swiss nationals rather than the more expensive overseas rate be eligible for home fee status, benefitting from on courses of FE in England.

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DO YOU HAVE A STORY? News CONTACT US [email protected] Possible stay of execution for Newton Rigg College

YASEMIN CRAGGS MERSINOGLU Principal Tim Whitaker said: “We animal and equine management, forestry, [email protected] understand the strength of feeling about horticulture and agricultural engineering. Newton Rigg, and are committed to The University and College Union previously A land-based college facing closure could supporting the strategic review, given the vowed to fight the closure of the Penrith- retain its educational purpose after the interest expressed in the potential future use based college. government agreed to conduct a review of the of the site. Officials called the decision “a hammer proposals put forward to take over the site. “The statutory consultation process with blow” to the region and said it would leave Newton Rigg College, in Penrith, was due to Newton Rigg staff and the trade unions is the county without any specialist agricultural shut in July 2021 after a local provision “needs continuing and is unaffected by the strategic education. analysis” conducted by the FE Commissioner review of proposals from interested parties. Around 888 learners are currently based at last month found it was no longer financially “We regret putting staff at risk of the college including 221 apprentices as well viable. redundancy and are doing all we can to as 667 FE students – the majority of whom are But the Department for Education said on support colleagues at this difficult time." enrolled on one-year programmes. Thursday that “several interested parties” The college said the first FE Commissioner Newton Rigg is one of a number of colleges have since approached Askham Bryan review, which started in March and concluded that have announced plans to close campuses College, the owner of Newton Rigg, who last month, found that Newton Rigg lacked “a and been met with MP opposition. are interested in acquiring the site “for sustainable business model due to declining Other cases have included the RNN Group, educational purposes”. student numbers and demographics”. Cornwall College Group, BMet and Warrington As a result, “the college governors have It was also said to have found that the estate & Vale Royal College. agreed that the FE Commissioner will conduct would require around a strategic review on their behalf in order £20 million worth of that the merits of each proposal can be fully capital investment in explored,” a spokesperson for the DfE said. order to “keep pace” The outcome is expected in December and with land-based sector transfer of ownership will take place “in time skills needs. for the beginning of the 2021-22 academic Newton Rigg was year”. first established in The DfE told FE Week that the strategic 1896 to “serve the review is an open and competitive process, needs of agricultural and any further interested parties who wish to and rural industries” submit an expression of interest “should write in Cumbria and since in the first instance to the chief executive at incorporation in 1992, Askham Bryan College by July 10”. it has been owned While neither the college nor government or governed by four could disclose what bids have been put different corporations forward, local MP Neil Hudson, who is including two campaigning to save the college, told FE Week universities. that “educational provision will certainly be at Askham Bryan the heart of the proposals”. College, based 100 “I am glad that Askham Bryan have agreed miles away in York, to this process, which will allow the FE took over the running Commissioner to fully evaluate the exciting of Newton Rigg from proposals for Newton Rigg and I truly the University of believe it will help in securing a viable and Cumbria in 2011. sustainable future for the campus,” he added. Courses currently Despite this, Askham Bryan is continuing provided include with a consultation on the potential loss of agriculture, 117 jobs. gamekeeping,

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DO YOU HAVE A STORY? News CONTACT US [email protected] Disadvantage is found at every stage of apprenticeships, mobility report finds

YASEMIN CRAGGS MERSINOGLU to levelling up opportunity across the country” information and communications technology”. [email protected] and will do “all we can to make sure no one is left The commission found that disadvantaged behind as a result of coronavirus”. apprentices are less likely to complete their The Social Mobility Commission’s report sets training than non-disadvantaged peers. The apprenticeships system is “failing” young the government six targets to meet by September A total of 63 per cent of apprenticeships started disadvantaged people and needs “decisive” 2023 (see list below). between 2013-14 and 2014-15 were successfully government action to stop it becoming worse, Despite the apprenticeships system currently completed within three years at intermediate level according to the Social Mobility Commission. “not delivering”, the commission states that by disadvantaged men and women, compared to A report published this week by the independent apprenticeships are one of the most “effective 67 per cent for their more privileged peers. advisory non-departmental public body warns that means” of boosting social mobility for workers The main reason for dropping out included disadvantage gaps exist at “every stage” of the from poorer backgrounds. low levels of pay, with small and medium-sized apprenticeship journey, from initial selection of They found, for example, there is a 16 per cent enterprises more likely to pay apprentices the candidates by employers to the quality of training boost to wages for disadvantaged learners who minimum wage. apprentices get. complete their training, compared with 10 per And young disadvantaged learners were up to Their analysis found there was a 36 per cent cent for others. four percentage points less likely to progress to decline in starts by learners from disadvantaged But it is getting into and through the system that qualifications at higher levels, compared with backgrounds between 2015-16 and 2017-18 – the is the problem. non-disadvantaged learners. year the levy was introduced – in comparison The research, conducted by London Economics, Cooper said strategic action and direction are to a 23 per cent decline for more privileged mirrored the traditional steps in the apprentice needed to target the apprenticeships system apprentices. journey: from selection into apprenticeship better on disadvantaged communities and At the same time, only 13 per cent of degree- training until entry into the labour market. improve the system’s value for money. level apprenticeships – the “fastest growing and They found a “big gap” between apprentices, “This is an easy win for the government in its most expensive apprenticeship option” – were depending on their socio-economic status, attempts at levelling up – if it can get this right. taken by disadvantaged apprentices. in terms of employer selection for training; The government must look at the structural And on average, apprentices from disadvantaged the quality or “value” of the training received; barriers in place and take action to channel backgrounds earn less than non-disadvantaged the likelihood of completing training and of resources where they will have the greatest apprentices. progressing into higher-level apprenticeships, or effect,” he added. The authors of Apprenticeships and Social further and higher education; as well as levels of The commission’s six targets for government to Mobility: Fulfilling Potential also warned that the pay after undertaking an apprenticeship. meet by September 2023: coronavirus pandemic may further worsen the The authors described this as a “remarkable” 1: Increase the share of apprentices from disparity. finding and proves that the levy has been disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds to Steven Cooper, joint deputy chair of the Social “ineffective” in narrowing the disadvantage gap. pre-levy level. Mobility Commission, said the apprenticeship levy, For example, in 2017-18, disadvantaged 2: Increase the proportion of starters from introduced in April 2017, has “disproportionately learners “clustered” in apprenticeships at lower disadvantaged backgrounds at advanced and funded higher-level apprenticeships for learners levels: 48 per cent of disadvantaged starters higher levels to comparable levels currently from more advantaged were enrolled into an prevailing for non-disadvantaged apprentices. communities, rather than Apprenticeships and social mobility: fulfilling potential intermediate apprenticeship, 3: Eliminate the disadvantage gap in levy support

those from disadvantaged compared with only 41 per for starters at higher level. socio-economic cent of starters from non- 4: Ensure the average planned duration of backgrounds, who would Apprenticeships and disadvantaged backgrounds. comparable apprenticeship programmes are benefit more”. social mobility They also “clustered in at least as long for disadvantaged learners Fulfilling potential He added that it is “no low-paying subject areas as for non-disadvantaged learners (with no longer credible for the at higher apprenticeship shortening of planned duration compared to government to assume levels, particularly for current levels). that apprenticeships women”, such as the services, 5: Reduce incidence of non-achievement for automatically improve health, education or public all socio-economic backgrounds to levels social mobility and leave administration sectors, and had comparable to those in other education sectors. the system to its own “shorter planned apprenticeship 6: Ensure completion rates for comparable devices”. durations than their peers, apprenticeship programmes are the same for The Department for on average, within higher- both disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged Research report Education said they are earning subject areas such as learners (and comparable to completion rates June 2020 “absolutely committed engineering, construction and in the wider education arena).

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DO YOU HAVE A STORY? News CONTACT US [email protected] Apprenticeship starts continue to plummet since lockdown

Table 1: Apprenticeship starts from 23 March to 31 May 2020, reported to date BILLY CAMDEN (The return date for 2019/20 was 4 June 2020; the equivalent date for 2018/19 was 6 June 2019)

[email protected] 2018/19 (at this point last year) 2019/20 (reported to date) Apprenticeship Proportion Apprenticeship Proportion starts of total starts of total

Apprenticeship starts have dropped by almost Total starts 50,050 26,090 half since lockdown compared to the same Age period last year – with young people the hardest Under 19 7,360 14.7% 2,020 7.7% hit, according to new Department for Education 19-24 14,490 28.9% 7,410 28.4% figures. 25+ 28,210 56.4% 16,670 63.9% Provisional data published on Thursday shows Level that from March 23 to May 31 there were 26,090 Intermediate Apprenticeship 18,560 37.1% 7,020 26.9% starts compared to the 50,050 reported between Advanced Apprenticeship 22,550 45.0% 10,890 41.8% those months in 2019 – a fall of 47.9 per cent. Higher Apprenticeship 8,940 17.9% 8,180 31.3% Source: DfE The DfE stressed that final data will not become available until later in the year, provider relief scheme. small and medium sized businesses, to take therefore at this point it is “unclear what the “Apprenticeships are jobs, and most observers on new apprentices this year and will provide true number of starts in the affected period was, agree that a significant wage subsidy is required to further detail in due course.” or if the level of under-reporting at this point in encourage employers, the year has been affected by the lockdown”. especially small Young learners have been the hardest hit by and medium-sized Covid-19, as the data shows just 2,020 (7.7 per enterprises, to offer cent) of the 26,090 starts were for those aged new opportunities.” under 19. Starts for over 25s made up 16,670 A Department (63.9 per cent). for Education And level 2 apprenticeships accounted for spokesperson said: 7,020 (26.9 per cent) of starts; this was 37.1 per “We acknowledge cent in 2018-19. this is a challenging The number of apprenticeships advertised time for employers, on the Find An Apprenticeship government apprentices and people website for vacancies also dropped substantially thinking about their in March, April and May this year: from 36,080 next steps, but we across the three months in 2018-19, to 11,760, a absolutely remain decrease of 67 per cent. committed to investing Last month DfE data revealed there had been in apprenticeships. Level 3 Community Sport and Health Officer “They are an excellent 13,020 apprenticeship starts reported between Level 3 Learning Mentor March 23 and the end of April, compared to way to get ahead Level 4 Assessor/Coach 26,300 for the same period last year. in a wide range of Responding to the latest figures, Association rewarding careers of Employment and Learning Providers and will continue to chief executive Mark Dawe said: “With youth play an important We have a breadth of expertise and experience unemployment having doubled, we need an role in delivering the ensuring the products and services we provide employers, providers and apprentices are of the urgent policy response that protects both high-quality skills highest quality design and content. existing apprentices coming off furlough and that employers need stimulates new apprenticeship opportunities and will support our for other young people while also providing an economic recovery To find out more, visit our website www.activeiq.co.uk option for unemployed adults. post Covid-19. or email [email protected] “The Department for Education should finally “We are looking at recognise too that both levy and non-levy how we can support apprenticeships need to be protected by its employers, especially

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YASEMIN CRAGGS MERSINOGLU highlighted the critical role of key workers and The 2020 BTEC Awards [email protected] individuals who are likely to have followed a vocational educational pathway such as BTEC.” winners are: The winners of Pearson’s tenth annual BTEC Performing at the virtual ceremony were the • Adult Learner and Business and Enterprise Awards have been announced in a ceremony four finalists of the Showstopper Challenge – in Learner of the Year 2020: Marium Shafique, Nelson and Colne College Group which took place online for the first time ever. which BTEC students put on a performance • Young Learner and Construction Learner of Due to the coronavirus, the 2020 awards were whether they be a singer, dancer, film maker, the Year 2020: Lin Min Khant, Myanmar Noble actor or artist of any other kind. These were: presented virtually to the 17 winners from University the UK and abroad by host Flex, a YouTube Ruth Hilborne and Nicky Rush from Bridgwater • Art and Design Learner of the Year 2020: Aaron influencer and BTEC ambassador. College, Jodie Wiggins from East Norfolk Wilson, Wigan and Leigh College Prizes were also handed out via YouTube by Sixth Form College, Imogen Latta from North • Child and Social Care Learner of the Year 2020: double Olympic Gold medallist Max Whitlock and Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College Emily Campbell, Ballyclare Secondary School • Creative Media Learner of the Year 2020: TV presenter George Clarke. as well as a group from Woodkirk Academy. Jonathan Morris, Walsall College One of the big winners was Marium Shafique A public vote took place during the virtual • Engineering Learner of the Year 2020: Caitlin ceremony to decide an overall winner of the from Nelson and Colne College Group, who was Marsh Brown, Isle of Wight College - CECAMM awarded the adult learner and business and challenge, which was won by Woodkirk Academy. • Hospitality, Travel and Tourism Learner of the enterprise learner of the year award. Judges Entrants had been invited to make submissions Year 2020: Jessica Elmore, Queen Elizabeth Sixth said she was recognised for her “determination in response to the brief ‘I am more than a BTEC Form College as well as her self-starting approach to student...’ • IT and Computing Learner of the Year 2020: Andrea Rodrigues, Ada – the National College for acquiring skills needed for her career”. Other winners of the main awards included Digital Skills Elsewhere, Aaron Wilson from Wigan and Blackpool Sixth Form College for college of the • Land-Based Learner of the Year 2020: Georgina year. Leigh College won the top prize for art and Green, Riseholme College design. He was praised for demonstrating Tutor of the year was awarded to James • Performing Arts Learner of the Year 2020: Charis “passion, hard work, tenacity, curiosity and Booty from Basingstoke College of Technology Pulei, Braeburn International School Arusha talent”. for his “innovative and exceptional teaching • Public Services Learner of the Year 2020: Cooper Georgina Green from Riseholme College style”, which motivated both learners and other Sommerville, East Surrey College • Science Learner of the Year 2020: Hannah received the land-based learner of the year members of his department. Whyatt, Tupton Hall School award as she showed “real dedication to her Also in attendance at the ceremony was • Sport Learner of the Year 2020: Stefanie previous host and journalist Steph McGovern subject and real commitment to use her learning McCluskey, Belfast Metropolitan College not only for herself but for the positive impact and Thailand’s ambassador to the UK, His Teacher / Tutor Award Categories: she can have on animal welfare”. Excellency Pisanu Suvanajata, who was another • Teacher of the Year 2020: Kimberly Stephens, Cindy Rampersaud, senior vice president presenter at the awards. Maesgwyn Special School He said, "I offer my congratulations to all BTEC and apprenticeship at Pearson, said: “I’ve • Tutor of the Year 2020: James Booty, been overwhelmed by the quality of BTEC of this year’s award winners, and the Thai Basingstoke College of Technology award nominations we received and I am government looks forward to continuing this Provider Award Categories: delighted to celebrate this year’s winners and exciting journey to equip our young and talented • School of the Year 2020: Cambridge House the achievements of all learners who will be workers with the skills they need to thrive in Community College awarded a BTEC this year. the labour market of the future.” • College of the Year 2020: The Blackpool Sixth “Over the past few weeks and months, we’ve Each BTEC award winner was awarded a Form College seen how the current pandemic has £1,000 cash prize.

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10 key workers share their experience of working and learning as they kept the UK going during lockdown

Covid-19 has highlighted the crucial role of key workers in society, including those in industries such as health and social care, the supply and distribution of food, utilities, transportation, the emergency services and the armed forces. FE Week, in partnership with Pearson, wants to celebrate the contribution of these heroes and highlight how colleges and training providers have helped them develop the knowledge, skills and experience they are now using to serve their

communities at this unprecedented time. Susan Miller Toby Roberts Darbie Hughes We spoke to ten critical workers about their roles during the coronavirus pandemic and how “The lectures actually give you good theory After gaining experience in multiple further education has prepared them for the and it marries really well with the practical departments, he added: “I’ve been able to gather crisis. that you see in the hospital. And without the knowledge from every single one.” lecturers I couldn’t have [gone] on the ward and Roberts said the apprenticeship has also Susan Miller, registered nurse degree been as confident as I am.” taught him to manage his time, be adaptable apprentices from Northumbria University and always to expect the unexpected. “Covid-19 and the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Toby Roberts, police constable degree was definitely something that changed the Foundation Trust apprentice with Nottinghamshire Police whole world but, because I’m used to different Miller, 54, completed her 18-month apprenticeship During Covid-19, Roberts, 23, has been deployed changes every day, it didn’t shock me that much in March and is now working as a registered in three different departments across the force, because I was ready for it.” general adult nurse at the Royal Victoria Infirmary the first of which was criminal investigations. in Newcastle upon Tyne on a ward converted to After this, he was part of the prisoner-handling Darbie Hughes, level 3 craftsperson care for Covid-19 patients. During her first eight team, where a new system had been introduced apprenticeship with UK Power Networks weeks, it witnessed 23 deaths, which she said was to limit exposure to the virus. Hughes, 23, completed her apprenticeship with “emotional and stressful”. “There was a significant increase in the the employer provider last year and is now Miller explained the importance of the role. “I amount of Covid-19-related offences coming in, an electrical extra-high-voltage fitter helping would say the nursing job is crucial really because specifically assaults on emergency workers.” to maintain different types of equipment at you take a lot of responsibility for patients’ health… Roberts is now working within sub-stations across Sussex and Kent to prevent [and] the doctors look towards you for extra neighbourhood policing. “It is important for the power cuts. support.” police to be enforcing the laws and making sure She said: “Although [people] may not initially Miller has been employed by the trust for 21 that the public are safe and feel confident.” years, working her way up from a domestic The three-year degree apprenticeship, which CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE assistant (cleaner) to her current position. She he started in September 2018, has allowed him praised the apprenticeship programme, which she to “understand more about why crime happens” feels “passionate about”, for developing her ability as well as provided awareness of criminological to keep calm in a crisis environment. theories and investigative strategies.

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think of the power industry as key workers, it is nice to know you are doing your bit.” The utilities worker claimed the best example of why her job is important at this time is that doctors and nurses rely on electricity. “We need to do our job so they can do their job.” Hughes said her apprenticeship “hammered home the importance of safety” and a gold Duke of Edinburgh award, which apprentices completed alongside their programme and received from Prince Edward, developed her resilience and taught everyone how to work as a team. “We're using the knowledge that we've learned to find any problems before they become Georgia Crowe Saranjeet Kaur Soni a problem.” She added: “I think that, although it has been improved a lot.” and we were the first people they’d seen in that quite a scary time, it has been nice to know you She started her apprenticeship last summer period of time, and it is amazing – that is what are going out there and making a difference.” and is due to finish in October. “I’m feeling proud we are there for.” of everyone working, especially all through the Alice Pendlebury, adult support worker level 2 pandemic. It has been stressful at times but we’ve Saranjeet Kaur Soni, dental nursing apprentice apprentice at Oldham College got through it as a team.” at Uxbridge College Pendlebury, 22, has been deployed to work at Kaur Soni has been working up to seven days Medlock Court care home in Lees, which provides Georgia Crowe, BTEC level 3 extended diploma in a week at a practice which was selected as an rehabilitation for residents after they have been business student at Halesowen College urgent care hub and has remained open during in hospital, as part of her rotational programme Crowe, 19, has been working at supermarket lockdown. with care and support provider MioCare. Sainsbury’s throughout the pandemic to ensure She said: “I’m feeling proud of myself that I’m “It gets them back on their feet, back home, local residents are still able to buy the essentials. there in this crisis to help our patients and any where they want to be. It’s just a really lovely job She has helped ensure floor markings, signage patients around London.” to have.” and customer-level controls are being adhered The dental surgery has received 50 to 60 She has to wear a full set of personal protective to, as well as social distancing and the regular referrals every day and, without the service, equipment while currently working three days a cleaning of surfaces to ensure there is no risk of Kaur Soni explained “people would be suffering week. Her shifts involve general care, which can contamination. from toothache, which is really unbearable”. range from getting residents in and out of bed, to “It has been a lot busier than we first anticipated,” Her team has received chocolates and promises socially distanced activities and dinner. she says. to clap on Thursday evenings in recognition of Pendlebury said: “I love going in for a chat with She mainly works on the checkouts, which are their work. them sometimes because they are all isolating in protected by screens, but she is also the public The apprentice has been wearing double or their bedrooms.” relations ambassador for the Wombourne store, in triple layers of PPE, including masks, gloves, Pendlebury’s apprenticeship helped her south Staffordshire, and manages its social media a gown and apron, a visor and cap and shoe prepare for this role by emphasising a duty of pages. coverings throughout her shifts which involve care, safeguarding and safe methods for manual “It has been very surreal but really rewarding, as checking the medical history of patients, passing handling. “I’d say my communication has also well, to be part of people’s Covid-19 journey.” instruments to the dentist during procedures The team decided to deliver 100 care packages as well as disinfecting tools and cleaning the containing necessities such as pasta, tinned goods surgery after appointments. and toilet rolls to the local community. “Some Kaur Soni said that support of her tutor of them were just so grateful and they were in developed her confidence and communication tears. With a few of them, we had a good cry, me skills. “When someone is there to push you, included.” and you make progress, then that makes you Crowe says her studies help prepared her for stronger as well,” she added. “My apprenticeship working during a pandemic by developing her really helped me a lot.” interest in marketing as well as improving her customer service skills and understanding of the way the business runs. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE She said that the coronavirus has showed how much people rely on supermarkets. “I had some customers who had been isolating for ten weeks Alice Pendlebury

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Private Kai Weir Chloe Timperley Clare Ramsbottom

CONTINUED She has also been applying transferrable skills checks, signage for social distancing, hand developed during her work placement at a pub sanitiser and cleaning stations in place. “I’m Private Kai Weir, logistics supply apprentice in to be able to cater for the different needs. really proud because we never shut down in the British Army “I’ve just quite enjoyed being able to help and Bexley and we’ve had absolutely no cases.” Weir, 18, has been deployed to a walk-in mobile feel like I’m giving back to the community.” testing unit in Leicester during the pandemic at Timperley received training on the use of PPE Clare Ramsbottom, apprentice development which up to 200 people are tested for Covid-19 but noted wearing a mask has made it more coach, Seetec Group a day. difficult to communicate in the kitchen. Ramsbottom has been continuing to remotely He helps facilitate the general public to perform train 50 learners on the independent learning the test on themselves and walks them through Rhona Sapsford, assistant principal for SEND, provider’s level 3 international freight- step-by-step if necessary. “I get a lot of questions London South East Colleges forwarding apprenticeship. “These are the young because they’re quite confused and scared.” Sapsford has been in charge of the FE provider’s people who are keeping the country going, He started his class three apprenticeship in Bexley campus, which has remained open since distributing PPE, bringing in food,” she explained. November 2019 and was originally due to move the outbreak for vulnerable learners and the Ramsbottom reminds the apprentices they are to the next class in February. The training taught children of key workers. It first only had one “an integral part” of the response to Covid-19, him about “dealing with a lot of people, keeping vulnerable learner coming in at the start of with the logistics industry arranging the delivery everyone calm and reassured”. lockdown but this grew to 25 – the majority of of stock to hospitals, factories and shops. Other skills Weir has picked up include working whom are on individual personalised timetables She said there has been a few early starts with hazardous items and ensuring kit does not – by the time of the wider reopening last week. and late finishes but “it doesn't feel like a job. I get mixed up to avoid the wrong results. “Safety “Initially at the point of lockdown you do take absolutely love what I do.” comes into play.” a little sharp intake of breath because we didn’t Ramsbottom has had to adapt her work so now During Weir’s shift he has to wear a face mask know what was happening, but once you’re in schedules video calls with learners, checks in and gloves and must follow the correct technique work… by the end of it, it becomes the norm.” with their managers and puts on “bitesize” days while changing PPE. His other tasks during The department has also been completing with regular mini-tasks such as workbooks or this period have included dealing with large annual reviews of students’ education and 30-minute online courses issued along the way. quantities of kit and prepping vehicles to go out healthcare plans and assessing whether they can She has also been “putting in extra time so that to mobile testing units. meet the needs of students wanting to join in I can learn about the functional skill side and September. help my learners when it comes to maths and Chloe Timperley, VTCT level 3 Sapsford said she was “always there for giving English”. advanced professional cookery at Truro guidance and support” to the original team of Ramsbottom started as an apprentice herself and Penwith College four teachers who were coming on to campus, 27 years ago. She says that to now “be able to see Timperley, 19, is volunteering at Hillcrest House which she described as a “little family”. the learners, who are also so passionate about nursing home in Cornwall, to help out during the The college had protocols such as temperature it – it’s fantastic. It has come full circle.” pandemic. She works one or two shifts a week in the kitchen preparing meals and stocking up on food supplies for the elderly residents. Her role involves “trying to keep them as safe as possible, especially during this time” and “just making sure they are cared for”. Timperley started the level 3 in September and is due to finish next week. “College has definitely helped me.” She said her course meant that it was “quite easy to be able to adapt to looking after and feeding different Rhona Sapsford (centre) and some of her students people”.

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Introducing... SARAH STANNARD Principal and Chief Executive, Southampton City College

'Doing the right thing by the community keeps me going'

leadership, was brought up by a Navy man and everyone” and being helped towards a fulfilling JESS STAUFENBERG @STAUFENBERGJ strikes you as the sort of person you’d want on career trumped top exam results. Second, she your boat in stormy weather. realised she liked to roll up her sleeves and get Her father’s job meant she, her mother and stuck in. “What it taught me was to be pretty FE Week meets a principal with a history of sister moved around, from Hampshire to Wales resilient. I reflect now that I’m not too bothered bravely sailing against prevailing winds. Is her and Kent, attending comprehensives, grammar by change. We just got on with it.” ship about to come in? schools, sixth forms and sixth-form colleges. It’s a trait Stannard has needed. Last year, the This peripatetic lifestyle had two impacts. Education and Skills Funding Agency told her Sarah Stannard learned resilience young. The First, experiencing different kinds of schools that City College Southampton, which she has principal of City College Southampton, who cut meant the academically capable Stannard led since 2013, received the highest subsidy for her teeth in business before moving into FE realised “an academic education is not right for free school meal students in England because

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of the high level of disadvantaged learners on roll. The college is also in the top 10 per cent for students need to retake English and math GCSEs. Meanwhile, the challenges of recruiting to coastal colleges are well-documented, and parts of Southampton rank among the most deprived in the country. For her first principalship and second FE college, it was already a tough outlook. Yet in the past six years, Stannard has weathered two ‘requires improvement’ Ofsted grades (with reasonable progress noted at last year’s monitoring inspection) and has faced Department for Education rejection of two merger proposals. She’s staunchly hopeful about her third plan (more later). When I ask

about future plans, she replies: “To get this Sarah at City College with staff award done.” winners at their annual awards event The younger Stannard completed her

secondary education at grammar school and my cupboard and I still go back to them leading a team. People ask me, what was your won a place to read history at King’s College occasionally as they were really high quality!” most important people management learning London. The first person in her family to go to Kraft was also the first place Stannard moment? For me it was that.” Sailing the university, she was determined to build a solid encountered apprentices, who were trained famous Bay of Biscay race in force 10 gales career and landed a graduate scheme place at the nearby Banbury College. “I got to see have also helped her to gain nerves of steel! with Abbott Laboratories, a US pharmaceutical apprentices from the employer’s point of Her first role in FE was as vice-principal company with a branch in Kent. Later she view. It was about people coming in at entry responsible for business development at moved to another huge US company, Kraft level and developing them.” Stannard was Chichester College. During almost seven years Foods, which specialised in coffee, chocolate placed on Kraft’s Top Talent scheme, but it there, she realised that the worlds of business and cheese. wasn’t compelling enough. A passion for and FE are not so unaligned. “People often say The company’s investment in staff developing others would soon take her out of to me ‘it must have been a huge shock moving development has stayed with her. “I’ve got the business world. over from business’. But my standard answer files from the training courses sitting in She continued as a senior is actually it wasn’t. They’re both big, complex management consultant for organisations employing many people.” PricewaterhouseCoopers and then IBM until 2006, simultaneously volunteering “FE does an with the Tall Ships Youth Trust. As watch leader, she was OK job of thinking responsible for 16 to 24-year-olds into the future” for a fortnight at sea, many of whom were from disadvantaged backgrounds and had never set She also thinks FE beats itself up too foot abroad. “It was brilliant. I much about not having a long-term strategy. learned a huge amount about “Actually business operates in some ways how quickly people can change. even more on a day-to-day basis. The You saw them blossom in two meetings are all about what this quarter’s weeks. results are like. I think, actually, that FE does Stannard on summer holiday along part of the Silk Road in Central Asia “I also learned a lot about an OK job of thinking into the future.”

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However, as someone with a career and announcing careers guidance in schools She is, however, frustrated by the long an employer’s perspective, she saw one area wasn’t working just months later and the DfE delay to a goal she’s held since 2013 (and in need of improvement. Students were not introducing a full careers strategy by 2017. officially recommended in an area review encouraged enough on to their next steps. “We certainly started focusing on it before it not long afterwards), which is to merge the Shortly after she joined Southampton she was hit the national agenda.” college to secure its finances and future. FE invited to the local education forum, made But the real challenge was more Week readers will know her first proposal up of the secondary schools, colleges and unexpected. The college, which was briefly for a merger, with Southampton Solent universities in the area. “I remember being graded ‘good’ in 2011, got graded ‘requires University, fell through in 2018, while a plan very passionate about the fact that careers improvement’ in 2017 and again in 2018. to join Eastleigh College collapsed at the at that time was still low on schools’ priority This must have put pressure on Stannard eleventh hour in 2019 after ESFA rejected an and the Ofsted framework didn’t give much and her team, who were nevertheless praised application for emergency funding. attention to it. Meanwhile, employers were still for delivering “good-quality, impartial saying that students weren’t arriving work- careers advice”. There have been improved ready.” indicators since: the percentage of students “I've never completing their level 2 programmes has shot up from 83 per cent three years ago to wanted to throw 92 per cent in 2019, with similar rises for in the towel ” “We are the level 3 qualifications. most inclusive But achievement rates in a minority of courses remain too low and Third time, tantalisingly lucky: the college college in the city” particularly declined last year for marine is set to join Itchen Sixth Form College in apprenticeships, Ofsted said. Stannard August next year, delayed only by Covid-19. doesn’t complain about the ratings, except to In the meantime, Southampton got about Stannard told the forum that “although note that “there is a selective process going £2.5 million in emergency funding last year nationally no one is very interested in this, we on about who goes where” in terms of post- and warned it would soon run out of cash. can do something in Southampton if we want 16 education in the area. “We are the most I ask Stannard whether she expected such to”. She has been vindicated since, with Ofsted inclusive college in the city.” challenges when she became principal. “I knew that it didn’t have very much money. But I didn’t know funding was going to decline as much across the sector in the way it did.” In Southampton, the failure to merge has been all the more frustrating because there are three colleges in the city and three more on the outskirts – too many. “I didn’t foresee that it would be so difficult.” “No, I’ve never wanted to throw in the towels,” she responds to my inevitable question. “I do ask myself the question sometimes. The frustration has been not having control over it. “But the community in this city really deserves good education. It doesn’t matter what the name over our door is. That sense of doing the right thing by the community is what’s kept me and our staff going.” Stannard has needed that resilience. Maybe this time the ESFA will let her sail this ship into harbour. Stannard in the middle of a sailing race on smaller boats, in the blue and white top

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Editorial The reformed apprenticeship system need not fail the young and disadvantaged

It should come as no surprise that the reformed apprenticeship system has been found to be failing young disadvantaged people. At FE Week we, and many others, predicted young people would be hit hardest in the move to the employer-led levy-funded system introduced in 2017. Today the Social Mobility Commission joins the voices calling for a rethink, and, given they are an advisory body funded by the Department for Education, the government might have been expected to listen. Yet the response from the DfE, in the form of a statement from a spokesperson – as opposed to Gillian for those under the age of 25, and there they are their only entry route. Keegan the apprenticeships minister are plenty of funding levers that can be – fails to even respond to the report used to swing the balance back towards 5. Significant reductions should be findings. young people. Here are six of them: made to the funding caps on higher- Instead of acknowledging that they level apprenticeship standards, need to prioritise young people, the 1. Reintroduce a ring-fenced budget particularly those in management government appears preoccupied with for young people but widen it from that are being used by employers a solution to the lack of funds for small 16-to-18 to 16-to-24-year-olds. This to re-badge their existing training. employers, a problem of their own could be funded by, for example, Employers should be expected to pay making in the way in which levy funds making half the levy funding available fees in addition to the levy funding have been distributed. only for this age group. Providers and this would free up more levy This suggests it is ministers in the would then actively prioritise the funding for the younger apprentices Treasury and the Department for recruitment of young people in order (see point 1 above). Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to access the funding. who are developing and directing 6. The public sector could and should apprenticeship policy. 2. Remove the ten per cent top-up to be a significant recruiter of young If the government wanted to take a the levy funds, worth close to £200 and disadvantaged people to the step back from the policy of employer- million per year, and re-purpose the apprenticeship programme. So ownership and reverse the decline in funds to widen the provider and the government should revisit the the take-up of apprentices there are employer 16-to-18 financial incentive effectiveness of the 2.3 per cent some simple policy changes they could to 16-to-24. By increasing the public sector annual starts target make in time for the new funding year, financial incentives, both employers and focus it on young people. Seeing from August 1. and providers will be more likely to government departments putting Firstly, the need to acknowledge prioritise young people. dozens of their managers on MBA that the government cannot simply apprenticeships and continuing to purchase more apprenticeship provision 3. For the small employers, increase the only take graduate trainees does not for young people. If employers aren’t employer co-investment from five per impress me. incentivised they won’t recruit – cent to at least 20 per cent for those which is why an “apprenticeship aged over 24 and reduce it to 0 per Hopefully these suggestions are useful. guarantee” policy sounds attractive but cent for those under the age of 24. If nothing else, it would be good for operationally impossible. Gillian Keegan to take more of a leading So rather than putting a lot of 4. Increase the funding rate caps role joining and then driving the debate energy into debating the merits of an on lower-level apprenticeships, about how to encourage and incentivise impossible apprenticeship guarantee, particularly at level 2. My concern is both providers and employers to recruit here are six practical modifications to the Institute for Apprenticeships and many more young and disadvantaged the current apprenticeship system that Technical Education see these as low people. would benefit young disadvantaged value and risk setting unaffordable people. It is worth remembering that funding rate caps. But for many Nick Linford, Editor before 2007, funding was only available young and disadvantaged learners [email protected]

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Tony How one adult education Gallagher provider went above and Education consultant and former Ofsted inspector beyond the conventional

Outreach community work, attending college brought to the always a cornerstone of one lives of learners. Older learners Essex adult education provider, had flourished within their art came to the fore during the lessons, often forming wider pandemic, writes Tony Gallagher social networks. Young people struggling with mainstream Southend Adult and Community education patently benefited from College (SACC) has long been the inclusive culture. The need to well-rooted in its community. ensure that learners maintained Managers have been determined a personal link with tutors and and outward-looking in ensuring peers was therefore paramount. that the Essex college attracts and In common with many other FE retains vulnerable learners and institutions, managers introduced knew their communities well. It “I could take out space in the the make-up of the student body online learning. Existing also had kitchens and stocks of shopping centre, I could even is a good testament to the college’s technology was adapted and food. take my construction students to inclusive mission, spanning new technology and pedagogy Overnight, college staff the park to build a social distance ethnicity, class and cultures. introduced. Tutors rose to the arranged to put food on the plates resting station, but I can't have challenge and a high proportion of vulnerable families, provided them back in college. “Managers of learners continued with their 140 meals daily for homeless “We are ready, we are open studies remotely. In truth, this people and helped to respond and safe, we just want to be put food on level of continued engagement to the personal safety problems recognised for the massive was higher than managers could faced by sex workers in the positive contribution we can make the plates of have anticipated. town. This response illustrated to economic recovery by allowing vulnerable Far less commonly, managers well a community college’s us to partially open for adults in moved overnight to support the wider mission, the motivation of the same way we are for young local people” welfare and well-being of the managers and arguably, a moral people.” Southend community and, in imperative. Many recipients of SACC’s Ros Parker, the principal, some instances, put food on the Parker says that in a time support were not, and will not, be has concentrated on skills plates of vulnerable local people. when 8.9 million jobs have been registered as learners, but benefit development and close ties with Outreach community work furloughed, adult education they did. Were college managers’ employers. Senior officers of the has always been a cornerstone providers could be upskilling and actions in deploying SACC’s – sponsoring Southend Borough of SACC. Its relationships with retraining these adults remotely the community’s – resources Council have been quick to spot partner voluntary organisations and in college to supplement to support the well-being of the potential of the college in and charities enjoy a good online learning. Southend residents a blip, or an furthering the council’s strategies reputation. “There has been a significant altruistic response from a big- in areas such as welfare, housing As the pandemic accelerated, increase in levels of anxiety, hearted team of educators? and employment. it was clear to Ros Parker that depression and loneliness during Given the necessary actions But that was before Covid-19. the college was well-positioned the pandemic impacting on adult's SACC took in relation to the The first concern after lockdown to respond to immediate local and young people’s mental health. broader welfare, health and was to ensure students continued needs, above and beyond the “However, no one is talking fortunes of the community, what to participate in learning. True to conventional. She and her senior about adults returning to learning, then for established accountability its community- ethos, managers leaders recognised that the which is incredible when our and standards frameworks…and recognised the social dimension, college’s assets included ancillary, society needs us to provide that how are locally determined social structure and security that catering and support staff who lifeline. actions such as these given credit?

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REPLY OF THE WEEK Speed read: The 8 apprenticeship assessment READER'S concerns according to Ofqual REPLY John Sims, website

Your article couldn’t be more poignant. FE snubbed in ‘corrected’ DfE £1bn catch-up plans We’ve been delivering standards for 3 Tom Oliphant, Twitter years and putting learners through EPA for around 20 months. From the outset This government is indefensible. the process has been ambiguous, over- Paul Peacock, Twitter complex and convoluted. Despite many promises to resolve these matters the Does anyone think there is a plan for anything? Really? process remains problematic. We have Principals sound warning on high cost of Covid engaged with four EPA organisations safety measures and unfortunately the same issues arise Bob Jenkins, website time and again. We can relate to all 8 points in your article and hope Ofqual Just goes to show how un-commercial they are. With the footfall, they could attract sponsorship but no, let’s get the start to hold EPAOs to account sooner government to bail us out again, something that the AoC rather than later. should be doing for its members, or ask people who can.

Financial auditors conclude former principal’s expenses failed public money test tried this out for providers to see how it would go on a real Barney C, website inspection and the best I have seen was a 1-in-8 response, the worst was a 1-in-28. Set up properly and depending on sectors it Also failed the common sense test, the morality test, and the should be possible to join Zoom reviews, training and assessment proper self-scrutiny test that any senior figure in a public role – but it needs real transparency and Ofsted to relax on not giving should factor in themselves. providers the “ammo” to challenge their verdicts. No one should need to fear any form of inspection if carried out with proper Remote inspections of ‘paused providers’ will be planning and with nominees as fully involved as they used to be. challenging Minister forces all employers to drop PhD Phil Hatton, website apprenticeship plans

Many monitoring visits have comprised little or no face-to- Lesley Cradduck, Facebook face interviewing of learners or employers, nor observation of training and assessment. One provider I worked with at the Time for a reset, we should offer employers flexibility to use some end of 2019 delivered theory remotely in groups with their own of levy funds to pay salaries of apprentices. This could encourage platform similar to Zoom, but inspectors refused to sample any larger organisations to increase provision at lower levels. Higher of the sessions. Sadly the element of transparency in inspection levels equal easier levy spend, also less impact of 20 per cent otj. with regard to telephone interviews seems to have lessened and on this inspection, although the inspectors said they Dr Mardy Leathers, Twitter spoke to a number of learners, they would not give a number or any idea who they were. No learners could be found post- Sad to see this move. Degree level apprenticeships are key inspection who had been interviewed. to modernising and expanding the framework. Cultivating talent over a lifetime of service increases commitment and In some sectors it is almost impossible to get telephone productivity. As a globally leading model, this innovation should interviews – in childcare and hospitality, for example. I have be continued – others will follow suit.

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