All you need to know National Apprenticeship Week 2017 sees the launch of three new trailblazer apprenticeship standards for Healthcare Support Workers, Senior Healthcare Support Workers and Assistant Practitioners. Employers, facilitated by Skills for Health and Health Education England, have worked tirelessly…
We have worked to create a guide to funding apprenticeships in the NHS. Some of topics covered in this guide include: Apprenticeship Levy Funding Bands Funding end-point assessment Funding apprentice salary On average in the UK, the estimated yearly gain for employers…
This week on Understanding Apprenticeships, we look at the terminology used when referring to apprenticeships. We have created a quick guide to the terminology that is used when…
Unfortunately, this event has been postponed due to the London Underground strikes planned for Thursday 10 November. This event will now take place in early 2023, further details will be published as soon as they are available. Health Education England have organised some Primary and Community…
The Prime Minister and Education Secretary have announced the launch of Skills England. Richard Pennycook CBE, former chief executive of the Co-operative Group and lead non-executive director at the Department for Education (DfE), has been appointed as the interim Chair. This new body will…
The draft Apprenticeship Funding Rules for 2024/25 (1st August 2024 – 31st July 2025) are now available. Any feedback should be sent to fundingrules.comments@education.gov.uk by Friday 26 April 2024. Some of the changes: Reducing the administrative requirements for learning support. In order…
Health Education England have organised some Primary and Community Care Apprenticeship Employer Events. These events will cover key topics such as: Apprenticeship Basics: find out about the benefits and the opportunities of apprenticeships in primary care Apprenticeship Funding: find out about how to fund apprenticeship…
Apprenticeships are a great way of training and upskilling existing staff. This video will help you understand how an existing employee can become an apprentice. Press play to learn more. https://haso.skillsforhealth.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Existing_Staff_and_Apprenticeships.mp4 Visit HASO’s standard page, for each apprenticeship standard…
Health Education England are delighted to inform you that the new date for the London Primary and Community Care Apprenticeship Event has been confirmed as Thursday 9th February 2023. This date falls within National Apprenticeship Week 2023 (NAW ’23) and the event will be part…
On 6th October 2022 Version 2 of the 2022/23 Funding Rules was published. The main changes were: 1. Change of Circumstances – where there is a break in employment of more than 30 days Where there is a break in employment of more than 30 days…
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) and the Department for Education (DfE) have published a new policy for apprenticeship funding in England which will take effect for new starts from 1st November 2021. It updates the policy that has been in place since 1st…
The Department for Education (DFE) have published statistics covering apprenticeships and traineeships for the first two quarters of the 2021/22 academic year (August 2021 to January 2022). Revised achievement rates for 2019/20, originally published in March 2021, are also now available. These statistics include the…
ESFA update 24th March 2021 includes: Incentive payments for hiring a new apprentice application window extended and incentive payments increased Non-levy employers can make up to 10 new reservations for funding and can reserve funds up to 6 months in advance …