Are You Prepared For The Apprenticeship Levy
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Registration & Networking
08:30 – 09:15
Conference, Welcome Chair – Tony Allen
09:15 – 09:25
Latest Updates from SFA – SFA Standards Bhavena Patel
09:25 – 09:40
SFA Implementation – Una Bennett
09:40 – 10:05
SFA Roto RoATP – Una Bennett
10:05 – 10:25
Q & A Session – Tony Allen
10:25 – 10:55
Coffee Break
10:55 – 11:25
Head of Apprenticeships – Mike Thompson – Barclays
11:25 – 11:40
CEO Cosign – Martyn Price OBE
11:40 – 11:55
CACHE – Julie Hyde
11:55 – 12:10
Creative Learning Process – Roger Francis
12:10 – 12:25
Q & A Session – Tony Allen
12:25 – 12:45
Lunch Break
12:45 – 13:45
Registration & Networking
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27th October The Welcome Centre Coventry
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WelcomeConference Chair
Tony AllenCEO - Allen Apprenticeships and Skills
27th October The Welcome Centre Coventry
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Engaging with New Standards
Bhavena Patel
Senior Relationship Manager
National Apprenticeship Service
Skills Funding Agency
09:25 – 09:40
27th October The Welcome Centre Coventry
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Engaging With New Standards
Bhavena Patel Senior Relationship Manager
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Simplicity Simplifying
apprenticeship standardsso that they are shorter
and more accessible
Employer driven Employers designing
apprenticeships to make them more responsive to
their needs and the future economy, and controlling
funding
Quality Improving the quality of apprenticeships so that they are viewed
with the same esteem as University
WHY? Rationale for Reforms
Apprenticeship Standards
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All apprenticeships have an end point assessment and include grading
Ensuring that apprentices are signed off as fully competent at the end of their apprenticeship
All apprenticeships must last at least 12 months
Alignment to professional registration
Employer-led Trailblazers designing apprenticeships
Giving employers the opportunity to set the skills, knowledge and
behaviours they need.
Short, concise standards replace long, complex frameworks
Providing a clear and attractive ‘shop window’ for parents, apprentices and businesses
Continuing to drive up the quality of apprenticeships
Ensuring apprentices gain professional registration where applicable
Trailblazers development process
Trailblazer forms & submits proposals to develop standard
Trailblazer writes new standard
Trailblazer writes end point assessment Plan
Approved by Gov’t
Approved by Gov’t
Approved & funding band
allocated
Register of Assessment Organisation opens for applications to conduct end point assessment
Online Consultation
Online Consultation
Online Consultation
Delivery
Monthly submission dates and regular publication on direct.gov
Online application
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Approved for Delivery so far
• Over 1400 businesses in over 100 sectors involved
• 146 ‘approved for delivery’
• Over 2500 starts so far
• Around 30% of standards so far are for Higher and Degree apprenticeships
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How it works: Butcher Level 2 End Point Assessment
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Multiple choice/short answer exam
Gateway to end point
Butchery practical assessment
Vocational competence discussion using log book
Excellence
Pass
Fail
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-standard-butchery
Food safety L2
H&S food supply L2
Knife skills L2
English/maths L1 E
Log book
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Induction
Project – real work activity collated towards the end of the apprenticeship
Gateway to end point
Financial Services Customer Adviser L2 - End-point Assessment
Develops S,K,Bs - BAU
Quals – not mandatory
Regular Performance monitoring -
Professional Discussion
Distinction
Pass
Fail
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-standard-financial-services-customer-adviser
English/Maths L1
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13List of apprenticeship standards
National Apprenticeship Service
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Transition from Frameworks to Standards
• Migration from apprenticeship frameworks to standards will continue over the course of the Parliament, with as much of this to take place by 2017/18 as possible.
• Dual running in the interim but notice was given to withdraw the first batch of frameworks in March 2016 - these were closed to new starts from 1 June 2016.
In May 2016 we announced the second batch of frameworks to be withdrawn to new starts from 1 December 2016
We are currently considering further frameworks to be withdrawn on 1 May 2017 and 1 October 2017.
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Starts and ambitions
• Fastest growing part of the apprenticeship programme
• Of the 246 standards published so far, over 60 are higher and degree apprenticeships
• Over 100 companies working with over 20 universities and several colleges to develop Degree apprenticeships.
• 40 HEIs currently contracted to deliver degree apprenticeships
• 9,200 starts achieved in 2013/14 – still only accounted for 2% of the apprenticeship programme
• 7,500 starts achieved since September 14 - expecting to comfortably achieve the target of 20,000 starts over 2013/14 and 2014/15
• Government committed to growing degree apprenticeships
Higher and Degree Apprenticeships
Journey so far:
Degree StandardsWide range of degree standards:
• Aerospace Engineer• Aerospace Software Developer Engineer• Building Services Engineering Site
Manager• Chartered Legal Executive• Chartered Manager• Chartered Surveyor• Civil Engineering Site Manager• Construction Design Manager• Construction Quantity Surveyor
Construction Site Manager• Control / Technical Support Engineer• Digital and Technology Solutions
Professional• Electrical/Electronic Technical Support
Engineer• Embedded Electronic Systems Design &
Development Engineer• FE Lead Teacher (in development)
• Manufacturing Engineer • Manufacturing Engineer • Non-destructive testing Engineer (in
development)• Nuclear Scientist & Engineer• Nurse (in development)• Outside Broadcast Engineer• Power Engineer• Product Design and Development
Engineer• Public Relations Consultant• Relationship Manager (Banking)• Systems Engineer
Universities who can offer degree apprenticeships
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• Anglia Ruskin University• Aston University• Birmingham City University• Bishop Grosseteste University• Birmingham City University• Bishop University• Coventry University• De Montford University• Harper Adams University• Leeds Trinity University• Liverpool John Moores University• Manchester Metropolitan University• Middlesex University• Nottingham Trent University• Plymouth University• Queen Mary University of London• Royal Agricultural University• Sheffield Hallam University• Teesside University• The Open University
• The University of Essex• The University of West London• The University of Wolverhampton• University of Bolton• University of Brighton• University of Central Lancashire• University of Chester• University of Cumbria• University of Derby• University of East London• University of Gloucestershire• University of Greenwich• University of Hertfordshire• University of Northumbria• University of Portsmouth• University of Salford• University of Sheffield• University of Sunderland• University of Winchester
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What will employers need to do?
Existing apprentice employers can review the standards available and in development and establish:• Which of these would fit within their business roles? • Which would replace the current frameworks delivered? • Which new areas of delivery they can introduce to their business? • Where the gaps are and therefore need to be developed?Start talking to their providers:• What would delivery look like for them now? • Consider if they can deliver any of this themselves?• What services would they need from their providers• Ask for a costing plan to deliver new standard? • Ask if they have accessed the Education & Training Foundation support?
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Approved for DeliveryStandard Published assessm
ent plan in developm
ent
Standard in development
Health Sector 27 Sept 2016
Clinical Finance HR / Facilities Customer Support Management and Other
• Business Administrator L3
• Security First Line Mgt L3• Hospitality Mgr L4• Hospitality
Supervisor L3• L2Management
Supervisor L3• Retail Manager L4• Retail team leader
L3
• HR Consultant/ Partner L5• HR Support L3• Facilities Mgt Supervisor
L3
• Adv Credit Ctrl / collector L3• Assistant Accountant L3• Prof Accountant L7
• Financial Advisor• Nurse• Pharmacy Service asst.• Senior Pharmacy Services Asst.• Dental Hygiene Therapist L6• Healthcare science practitioner• Ophthalmic Technician• Pharmacy Assistant• Senior Pharmacy Assistant• Rehabilitation Worker (Visual
Impairment)
• Bookkeper• Hr Advisor• PR Assistant• PR Consultant• IT Support• Payroll Administrator• Senior/head of facilities
Mgt
• Customer Experience Specialist
• Dental Nurse L3• Dental Lab Asst. L3• Dental Lab Tech L5• Dental Practice Mgr. L4• Healthcare Science Asst.
L4 HC • Support worker L2• HC Asst. Practitioner L5• HC Science Associate L2
• Chartered Mgt Degree L6• Operations/department
Manager (L5)• Team Leader /Supervisor
(L3)• Retailer• Hospitality Team Member• Ass Project Manager L4
• Network Engineer L4• Data Analyst L4• Digital Marketer L3• Infrastructure technician
L3• Property Maintenance
Operative (L2)
• Financial Services Administrator L3• FS Customer Adviser L 2• Senior FS Customer Adviser L 3• Credit controller/collector• Prof Accounting / Taxation Tech L4
• Associate Ambulance Practitioner L4
• Senior HC Support Worker L3
• Customer Service Practitioner L 2
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How to develop new standards?
• Identify occupation?
• Check list of apprenticeship standards to ensure not in development already
• If not covered, get together with employer representatives of the sector (small and large) and send in a proposal to develop new standard.
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Institute for Apprenticeships
• The Institute for Apprenticeships will be an independent employer-led body that will regulate the quality of apprenticeships. It will be set up by April 2017 (shadow form from 2016).
• An independent Chair will lead a small Board of employers, business leaders and their representatives. The Institute will approve apprenticeship standards.
• Outline role: Approve/reject EOIs, standards and assessment plans Provide advice and guidance during their development Determine policy on when standards need to be refreshed
or closed Advise on funding for each standard Overview quality of standards/assessments
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More information
• Our main hub page on apprenticeship reforms updated with all of the latest information:https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/apprenticeship-changes
• Published standards and those in development:https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/apprenticeship-standardshttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-standards-in-development
• Guidance for developers of standards:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-of-apprenticeships-in-england-guidance-for-trailblazers
• Easy reference listing of all standards:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-standards-list-of-occupations-available
• Online survey for feedback on EOIs, standards and assessments plans:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-standards-changes-to-the-process-for-approvals
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THANK YOUBhavena Patel
27th October The Welcome Centre Coventry
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Una Bennett
Deputy Director – Funding Mechanism
At Skills Funding Agency
SFA Implementation 09:40 – 10:05
Roto RoATP 10:05 – 10:25
27th October The Welcome Centre Coventry
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Preparing for the apprenticeship levy: implementationUna BennettDeputy Director, Funding Mechanism
October 2016
What I will cover• The apprenticeship levy• Use of levy funds• Apprenticeship funding including changes• Contracting arrangements• Using the digital apprenticeship service
Starts on 6 April 2017, at a rate of0.5% of pay bill, paid through PAYE
Applies to all UK employers inall sectors
£15,000 allowance is not a cashpayment
Only 2% of employers will paythe levy
What is the apprenticeship levy and who pays it?
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• 10% government top up to monthly funds entering an account
Accessing levy funds to spend on training
• Levy funds will be available through a new digital service on gov.uk
• First funds appear in account in late May 2017
If 100% of pay bill is in England 100% of levy payment in digital account
If 80% of pay bill is in England 80% of levy payment in digital account
How funds in the account will be calculated
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What about non levy payers? Co-Investment
There are two types of employers who will benefit from government support towards the cost of their apprenticeships training:
1. Employers who haven’t paid the levy and want to purchase apprenticeship training from a provider
2. A levy-paying employer who with insufficient funds in their digital account to pay for the cost of training and assessment they want to purchase
• The government will pay 90% of the costs of training and assessment.• The employer will be responsible for paying 10% of the costs.
Government 90%
Employer 10%
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Purchasing training – both groups
Levied employers buying training from May 2017
• Can commit to apprenticeship starts from the beginning of May • Funds will automatically leave the digital account on a monthly basis• The cost will be spread over the lifetime of the apprenticeship• We will hold back 20% of the total cost, to be paid on completion of the
apprenticeship.
Non-levied employers buying training from May 2017
• Continue to make payments direct to providers• Move onto the digital system at a later date
New funding system comes into effect on 1 May 2017
Apprenticeships started before 1 May will be funded through to completion according to the existing rules
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Key changes since August
In August, we published our proposals for apprenticeship funding. Since then, we have been listening to employers, training providers and other stakeholders to help us develop our final position. The adjustments we have made will help ensure that the reforms benefit more employers and apprentices.
Proposals in August Final funding policy
Expiry of digital funds after 18 months
Extended to 24 months – helping employers to prepare for the new system and to adapt training programmes
Support for 16-18 year old apprentices - £1000 payment to employers and training providers
Retaining the £1000 payments plus extra government funding to provide a transitional 20% uplift for providers training 16-18 year olds on a framework. Also applies to 19-24 year olds formerly in care or have a Education and Health Care plan
Removal of disadvantage uplift Retain a simplified version of current system for one year to support those from disadvantaged areas whilst review best way to support disadvantaged groups
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Funding bands for frameworks
We will allocate each individual framework pathway to:
• the nearest funding band based on the current rate of funding the government pays providers for training adult apprentices but with some extra support…
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16-18 uplift• Transitional support of 20% of funding band
maximum paid directly to training providers • Also applies to 19-24 year olds formerly in care
or have Education and Health Care plan
STEM Support
Additional support in areas of disadvantage
• For all STEM framework pathways we will increase the current government-funded adult rate by 40% at Level 2 and 80% at Level 3 and above, and then allocate these frameworks to the nearest funding band.
Training providers receive:• An additional £600 for training an apprentice
from top 10% of deprived areas, £300 for next 10% range and £200 for the next 7% range
Funding bands for standards
Apprenticeship standards are employer-designed and offer employers and apprentices a more robust and relevant training experience.
Recognised in the funding system by allocating higher funding bands to apprenticeship standards, relative to equivalent frameworks, where appropriate.
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Principles
• Lower cost standards should be allocated to the nearest funding band• Those standards currently assigned to the widest and highest cost funding band will be allocated to a new
band within this range. Taking into account:• Actual prices employers have negotiated with providers.• Evidence from Trailblazer employers on the estimated costs eligible apprenticeship training• The funding bands set for equivalent frameworks• The level and nature of the training, and consistency across similar types of apprenticeship standard.
Existing apprenticeship standards have been allocated to new funding bands according to the following principles:
Additional support
16-18 year olds
Government will pay £1,000 to employers, and a further £1,000 to training providers if
they train a 16-18 year old apprentice
Disadvantaged young people
Government will pay £1,000 to employers, and a further £1,000 to training providers if
they train 19-24 year olds leaving care or who have a Local Authority Education and
Healthcare plan
Additional learning support
We will pay training providers up to £150 a month to support these learners, plus
additional costs based on evidenced need
English and Maths trainingTo meet minimum standards of English and
maths we will pay training providers £471 for each of these qualifications (Level 1 and 2)
Small Employers
Employers with fewer than 50 employees will have 100% of the training and assessment costs
covered when training a 16-18 year old (or 19-24 year old formerly in care or has a Local Authority
Education, Health and Care plan
Funding rules
Cross-border funding
Applying a single test for funding through the English system: based on whether the apprentice’s main place of employment is England.
‘Workplace’ is where the apprentice is expected to spend the majority of their time during their apprenticeship.
Prior qualifications
Now and in the future, you can train any individual to undertake an apprenticeship at a higher level than a qualification they already hold.
From May 2017, an individual can be funded to undertake an apprenticeship at the same or lower level to acquire substantive new skills
Transferring funding
During 2018 we will introduce means for employers to transfer up to 10% of
the levy funds to another employer with a digital account, or to an ATA.
New employer steering group to design this system so that it meets their needs
ContractsOnce a provider has been selected by an employer to deliver training to their apprentices, they need to negotiate costs and ensure contracts are in place so that the funding can flow.
The costs for any end point assessment will be included in the total price for the apprenticeship agreed with the employer. Providers will be required to pass this agreed amount on to the assessment organisation selected by the employer.
Working with levy-paying employers
Provider
Employer AEmployer B (C, D, E …)
Skills Funding Agency
Contract for Service
Contract for ServiceProvider Agreement
Apprenticeships – employer A
Apprenticeships – employer B (C, D, E…)
Term
s & Cond
itions +
Emplo
yer A
greem
ent
All providers need to be listed on the Register of Apprenticeship Training
Providers
Subcontractor, if selected
End-point assessment organisation (standards
only)
Payment contract
Contract for Service
Working with employers that do not pay the levy
Provider
Employer
Skills Funding Agency
Agreement to cover
co-investment
Contract for service
Any provider wishing to work with employers who do not pay the levy must: • be listed on the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers and • have successfully completed an invitation to tender to work with employers that do not
pay the levy
Subcontractor, if selectedContract
for Service
End point assessment organisation (standards
only)
Payment
contract
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What is the digital apprenticeship service?
National Apprenticeship Service
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What is the digital apprenticeship service?
National Apprenticeship Service
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What is the digital apprenticeship service?
National Apprenticeship Service
Recruit an apprentice
gateway.gov.uk
Key milestones 2016
October • Publish funding bands that apply in the new system• Full set of technical rules that underpin the funding system• Calculation for English proportion• Pilot testing with employers • Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers open
NovemberDecember • Further employer guidance from HMRC on how to calculate
and pay the apprenticeship levy
Key milestones 2017 and on
January • Employers to register on the digital apprenticeship serviceFebruaryMarch • National Apprenticeship Week (6 to 10 March)April • Levy paidMay • Service live
• Make levy commitments
To 2020 • All employers to use the service
Any questions?
The Register of Apprenticeship Training ProvidersOctober 2016
ContentIn this presentation we will cover:
• purpose• application routes• interested in applying• application process• next steps and timeline.• procurement
Entry route for organisations that want to
deliver apprenticeship training
Provide assurance to employers and government
Allow employers who wish to deliver training to their own employees to do so
Sets a high bar for providers to meet if they want to deliver apprenticeship
training
Register of Apprenticeship
Training Providers
Purpose
Main Application Route
Employer Provider Route
Supporting Route
There are three application routes to facilitate delivery of apprenticeship training. You can only apply for one route
Apply for one route only
Application routes
Main application routeThe main application route is for organisations that:
• want to directly deliver any value of apprenticeship training• want to be eligible for selection through the digital
apprenticeship service• are a levied employer and want to train staff in their own supply
chain or apprentices in other organisations• have the capacity and capability to deliver most of the
frameworks and standards that they offer• want to participate in the SFA procurement for delivery of
apprenticeship training to employers that will not have a digital account to pay for apprenticeship training
Employer provider routeThe employer provider route is for levy paying employers that:• want to provide training to their own staff• want to act as a subcontractor to their appointed main provider,
delivering training to their own staff.
Organisations that apply to this route cannot:• deliver apprenticeship training to other organisations, including their
supply chain.• If you plan to deliver less than £100k as a subcontractor then you are
not required to apply
Supporting routeThe supporting route is for organisations that:• want to deliver as a subcontractor only• are new to the apprenticeship market• do not have the capacity to be a main provider.
Organisations that apply to this route cannot:• deliver more than £500,000 of training per year• deliver apprenticeship training directly to employers.
• If you plan to deliver less than £100k as a subcontractor then you are not required to apply
Interested in applying?• will you be delivering apprenticeship training?
• have you been trading as a business for at least three months?
• have you been awarded an Ofsted grade 4 for your ‘effectiveness of apprenticeship provision’ within the last three years?
• have you been awarded an Ofsted grade 4 for your ‘overall effectiveness’ within the last three years?
• have you completed the financial health self assessment and scored at least a satisfactory?
Interested in applying?• Familiarise yourself with the Joining the Register of
Apprenticeship Training Providers – application instructions to learn more about our requirements
• registrations you need to undertake – UKRLP and Bravo
• on-line application route
Register with UKRLP
Register with ICO
Register for an account on the bravo e-tendering portal
To obtain a UKPRN to include on your application.
Register with information commissioners Office (ICO) for education and training.
Read Joining the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers – application instructions to help you.Ensure you sense check your application and upload the right information.
Complete your application
Application overview
Read the registration guidance on our website.
ApplicationDue diligence:
• we capture and verify your organisation details
• you self declare against our mandatory and discretionary exclusion criteria
• compliance questions.
ApplicationFinancial health:
• upload a self-assessment toolkit• some organisations exempt from submitting financial
statements• most organisations must populate the toolkit with their
latest financial information and upload their latest financial statements
• organisations graded as satisfactory, good or outstanding will pass our financial health assessment.
ApplicationCapacity and capability to deliver that you should consider:• how you will ensure safeguarding of apprentices• the PREVENT strategy• how equality and diversity is built into your processes and
policies• details of your apprenticeship training offer including the
expertise of your staff and ability to meet the needs of an apprentice.
Common mistakes whenmaking an application
Not reading our Joining the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers – application instructions
Failing to upload financial statements if not exempt.
Not proof reading an application.
Not fully answering questions that require a written answer.
Not allowing enough time to complete an application.
Next stepsBe mindful of the deadline.
Sense check your application.
Check contact details on the e-tendering portal.
Digital apprenticeshipservice
• Main apprenticeship route:-
• the course directory portal
• review your information
• visible to employers on the course directory portal.
October November December January February March July
Launch of RoATP
Open for Applications
25 October 2016
SFA Evaluates Applications
Nov - Feb
Publication of RoATPMarch 2017
Close for Applications
25 November 2016
Feedback to Applicants
March 2017
April May JuneJuly
Timeline
May 2017
Delivery can begin
ProcurementThe SFA is running a procurement to facilitate employers that will not use a digital account to pay for apprenticeship training.
Organisations interested must:• apply to the main RoATP application route
• complete the invitation to tender for the procurement
For those successful, contracts will begin on 01 May 2017 and end on 31 July 2018.
ProcurementFor organisations interested in the procurement opportunity:
• ITT 30190 is available on e-tendering portal
• Upload a specification questionnaire
• Upload a funding and volumes spreadsheet
• Your RoATP application and invitation to tender must be submitted by 5.00pm on 25 November 2016.
For those successful, contracts will begin on 01 May 2017 and end on 31 July 2018.
Further information• Register of apprenticeship training providers webpage
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/register-of-apprenticeship-training-providers
• Joining the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers – application instructions
• financial health self-assessment toolkit• guidance to access the e-tendering portal and application
questions• information on the procurement is available on contracts
finder
THANK YOUUna Bennett
27th October The Welcome Centre Coventry
Headline Sponsor
Q & A SessionChaired by Tony Allen
10:25 – 10:55
27th October The Welcome Centre Coventry
Headline Sponsor
Coffee Break
10:55 – 11:25
27th October The Welcome Centre Coventry
Headline Sponsor
Mike Thompson
Head of Apprenticeships
for Barclays
11:25 – 11:40
27th October The Welcome Centre Coventry
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Barclays Early CareersMike Thompson
October 2016
Confidential
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Confidential
Mike Thompson
Director Early Careers
Chair of Trailblazer Group for Financial Services
Member of Apprenticeship delivery board
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Confidential
Barclays Apprenticeships – Overview
Apprenticeship programme launched in 2012
Over 2500 people helped into work and long term careers
Target long term unemployed
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Confidential
How will the levy help us ?
1. Diversity and Talent Acquisition
2. Talent Progression
3. Professionalisation of our Workforce
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Confidential
Diversity
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Confidential
Progression
Foundation/ Progression Apprenticeship Programmes
Higher Apprenticeships – Junior leadership and Specialist roles
Graduate programmes
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Confidential
Relationship Management
(3 Years)
Leadership & ManagementHR IT Digital
HR Finance Marketing
Risk Treasury
Investment Management
Investment Management
Investment Banking
Apprenticeships
Graduates
Professionalisation
THANK YOUMike Thompson
27th October The Welcome Centre Coventry
Headline Sponsor
Martyn Price MBE
CEO of Cosign
11:40 – 11:55
27th October The Welcome Centre Coventry
Headline Sponsor
THANK YOUMartyn Price MBE
27th October The Welcome Centre Coventry
Headline Sponsor
Julie Hyde
CACHE
11:55 – 12:10
27th October The Welcome Centre Coventry
Headline Sponsor
October 2016
Quality Care
Julie HydeAssociate Director
Early Years Educator
Children & Young People
Supporting Teaching and Learning
Health & Social Care
Health
Apprenticeships
Quality of Assessment
Playwork
Challenges for the training providers
Apprenticeship reform including;• Apprenticeship frameworks/standards• Assessment plans• Levy• Funding• End point assessment
Skills PlanThe Sainsbury Review: Report of the Independent Panel on Technical Education & Post 16 Skills Plan• 2 documents released on the same day;
- Report of the Independent Panel on Technical Education- Accompanying ‘Post 16 Skills Plan’.
• Sets out;
‘an ambitious framework to support young people and adults to secure a lifetime of sustained skilled employment and meet the needs of our growing and rapidly changing economy’
It will cover college-based and employment-based (apprenticeship) education, building on our apprenticeship reforms.’
Technical Education Post 16 SkillsPlan: Routes
The Sainsbury Review: Technical Education and Post 16 Skills Plan: Impact
Challenges for the workforce• most common impacts of skill-shortage vacancies
o Increase workload for other staff o Have difficulties meeting customer services
objectiveso Lose business or orders to competitors o Experience increased operating costs o Delay developing new products or services o Have difficulties meeting quality standards o Have difficulties introducing new working
practices
Training the workforce
2011 • Tickell Review: Foundation Stage Report. Foundations for life, health and learning
2012
• Nutbrown Review: Foundations for quality
2013
• More Great Childcare: Raising quality and giving parents more choice
2014
• EYE - National College Teaching and Leadership: revised full and relevant criteria implemented
Sustaining an effective workforce
Challenges for childcare
• 43%• 32%• Qualification levels falling• 30 hours provision• Funding• Apprenticeships
“80% of this provision is good or outstanding”
Ofsted annual report December 2015
THANK YOUJulie Hyde
27th October The Welcome Centre Coventry
Headline Sponsor
Roger Francis
Creative Learning Partners
12:10 – 12:25
27th October The Welcome Centre Coventry
Headline Sponsor
Managing The Apprenticeship Change Process
Roger FrancisCreative Learning Partners
Creative Learning Partners
Understanding Change
Creative Learning Partners
“The Difference Between Stumbling Blocks And Stepping Stones is How You
Use Them”Creative Learning Partners
Some Potential Stepping Stones
Huge Increase in Apprenticeship starts among large Levy-paying employers
Any provider on RoATP can negotiate directly with employers
Opportunities for new collaborative partnerships between providers
Creative Learning Partners
The Skills Crisis Millions of adults lack basic maths, English and digital skills
UK is near the bottom of charts which compare key life skills in developed countries
Unfilled job vacancies due to skill shortages :
2011 91,000 2013 130,000 2015 209,000
Brexit compounds the problem
Source: Employer Skills Surveys
From April 2017, The World Changes
Apprenticeships Led By Demand Not Supply
Our Role As Providers Changes Dramatically
We Need A New Mindset
It’s Time To Start Exploring!
THANK YOURoger Francis
27th October The Welcome Centre Coventry
Headline Sponsor
Q & A SessionChaired by Tony Allen
12:25 – 12:45
27th October The Welcome Centre Coventry
Headline Sponsor
Lunch & Networking12:45 – 13:45
27th October The Welcome Centre Coventry
Headline Sponsor
Using Technology to Embrace Trailblaszers – Fiona Hudson-Kelly CEO Founder Smartassessor 13:45 – 14:00
What does the Levy mean to members of the AoC – Teresa Frith (AoC) 14:00 – 14:15
What businesses/training providers think about the Apprenticeship Levy
-- Charlynne Pullen The Education and Training Foundation 14:15 –
14:30
Outstanding Training Provider: Opportunities the Levy Brings – Stewart Segal (3aaa) 14:30 – 14:45
Panel Session with Speakers – Chaired by Tony Allen
14:45 – 15:00
Coffee Break
15:00 – 15:30
Richard Marsh of Kaplan
15:30 – 15:45
Impact on Members of the EEF - Verity O’Keefe
15:45 – 16:00
Matt Garvey – Managing Director of the West Berkshire
16:00 – 16:15
Sector Standards Organisation - Anthony Elgey General Manager MP Futures 16:15 – 16:30
Q & A Session – Tony Allen
16:30 – 16:45
Closing remarks by Tony Allen
16:45 – 17:00
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13:45 – 14:00
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Teresa Frith Association of Colleges
What does the Levy mean to the members of the AoC
14:00 – 14:15
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THANK YOUTeresa Frith
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Charlynne PullenIPPR/
Education and Training Foundation
14:15 – 14:30
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England’s Apprenticeships: Assessing the new system
Charlynne PullenIPPR
http://www.ippr.org/publications/englands-apprenticeships-assessing-the-new-system
Apprenticeship reforms
• Levy for large firms (and some anomalies – e.g. premiership football clubs)• Financial support for small firms, but more bureaucracy• Standards – involvement of professional bodies but no qualifications• Standards – employer led, job-specific• Apprenticeship funding changes
Sectors and size
Challenges
• Progression and transferability – narrow nature of standards• Apprenticeships in SMEs• Institute for Apprenticeships - scope• Public sector target for apprenticeships• Funding • Policy alignment – Sainsbury review and Skills Plan
THANK YOUCharlynne Pullen
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Stewart Segal 3aaa
Outstanding Training Provider: Opportunities The Levy brings
14:30 – 14:45
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THE APPRENTICESHIP
LEVYA Major Opportunity
Stewart Segal, Strategy Director , 3aaa
3AAA – A national approach with local delivery
National Programmes delivered locally in 41 Locations
Ofsted Outstanding delivery
• Success rates (10% above national average)
• High employer satisfaction rates (over 90%)
Wide range of programmes including;• Management • IT• Accountancy• Business Admin
APPRENTICESHIP REFORM PRINCIPLES 3m starts target Increasing employer engagement Long term sustainable funding Simplified funding - averaging More flexible delivery models Focused on what employers want
THE LEVY
Voluntary employer contributions at 33% was not sustainable
Hypothecated tax
Generates £2.5bn versus the current spend of £1.7bn
Biggest year on year growth in Apprenticeship investment ever
Engages numbers of employers not engaged previously
STANDARDS
Job not role focussed – overlaps and lack of standardisation
Lack of career routes – link with Sainsbury Review Lack of progression Grading Lack of or link to qualifications End testing
FUNDING ISSUES REMAINING
Complex rates structure with no standardisation Switch from Frameworks to Standards Reduction in rates for frameworks – STEM and 16-18 uplift Negotiated prices not rates Single rate - 16-18 incentive not sufficient Area and disadvantage uplifts Operation of the DAS alongside existing claims systems
PROCUREMENT AND SUBCONTRACTING
Procurement of non-Levy payers contracts
Process and timingExtension of existing contracts beyond May
New subcontracting rules
Employers’ contracts with Government
OPPORTUNITIES
Engaging new employers Extension of Apprenticeship programmes into commercial training budgets
Move from transactional to relationship management of employers
Providers as partners to employers
SUMMARY
Major change always brings
risks and opportunities
Move towards Standards and
new subcontracting
may need transition period
Real opportunity for providers to
work with employers to
drive the agenda.
THANK YOUStewart Segal
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Q & A SessionChaired by Tony Allen
14:45 – 15:00
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Coffee Break
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Richard Marsh Kaplan
Director of Apprenticeships
15:30 – 15:45
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An apprenticeship funding system is born
A wide range of standard caps,,
Higher and higher
But higher risks
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Successful post levy Apprenticeship delivery
Engagement Enriched Programmes Cohort Feel
Time for Learning Professional progression
Achievement
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Verity O’Keefe EEF The Manufacturers’ Organisation
Senior Employment and Skills Policy Adviser
Impact on Members of the EEF15:45 – 16:00
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THANK YOU Verity O’Keefe
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Matt Garvey
Managing Director of the West Berkshire Training Consortium
16:00 – 16:15
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SHAPING THE FUTURE OFTHE APPRENTICE LEVY
SubcontractingMatt Garvey
APPRENTICE REFORMSSUBCONTRACTING – THE NEW RULES
APPRENTICE REFORMSSUBCONTRACTING THE NEW RULES
APPRENTICE REFORMS
Question?
SUBCONTRACTING – THE NEW RULES
Is this business as usual?
APPRENTICE REFORMSSUBCONTRACTING
This is a ‘stay of execution’Opportunity to ‘clean up’ subcontracting• Quality driven• Good value for money• Raises outcomes• Strengthens the capacity of the network
New entrants to the marketProtect and nurture specialistsIndividual Learning Accounts
APPRENTICE REFORMSSUBCONTRACTING
APPRENTICE REFORMS
Time to act on providers who abuse subcontracting
SOME PRIMES BEHAVE BADLY
1. Unreasonable management fees
2. Short term opportunism
3. Profit before quality
APPRENTICE REFORMS
Recognise this is NOT business as usual
SUBCONTRACTING: WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS?
A new definition of quality subcontracting
Prevent those with ‘bad form’ subcontracting
Toughen up the transparent regulation of Primes
APPRENTICE REFORMSSUBCONTRACTING: WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS?
We know where there is abuseHigh Management FeesSome profiteeringImprove value for moneyImprove the policing of subcontracting
Limit it further through the contracting systemCap fees. It will send a strong signalAudit management fees and submit them to SFAEmployers should know the management feeReal sanctions for Primes behaving badly
APPRENTICE REFORMSSUBCONTRACTING, A FRESH START
THANK YOU Matt Garvey
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Anthony Elgey General Manager
MP Futures Sector Standards Organisation
16:15 – 16:30
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Anthony Elgey
The sector
• 210 million tons of materials • £235 billion total gross value added• 16% share of the UK total economy• 34,000 people directly employed• 4.3 million jobs supported through the supply chain
Our reality
• 90% white male• 55.7 average age• 17% aged between 18 and 34• No sector apprentice standard or framework• One employer currently has 200 vacancies• Current average of 2 vacancies per employer
Current perceptions of the new
apprenticeships and the levy
From what you know so far about the apprenticeship levy so far, do you feel it should be delayed or go ahead in April 2017?
Delayed No delay Do not know0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80% 76%
12% 12%
From what you know so far about the new apprenticeships in England, do you feel quality will be increasing or decreasing?
Increasing Decreasing Do not know0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
7%
53%40%
Do you feel that the new apprenticeships in England should mandate vocational qualifications?
Yes No Do not know0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90% 81%
6% 13%
Labour Market Information (LMI) 2016
Workforce growth expectations over the next 18 months
Remain the same Increase Decrease-10%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
52%
42%
7%
Would you consider employing young people in the next three years?
77%
23%
Yes No
Are you aware of apprenticeship trailblazers?
60%30%
10%
No Yes Not applicable to my business
Will the apprenticeship levy drive you to employ more apprentices in the future?
76%
24%
No Yes
How aware are training providers of the new apprenticeships?
We don’t use external training providers
They are not all aware
They know a little
They are fully aware
I don't know
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
0%
6%
14%
23%
56%
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Regulation 9 Quarry regulations 1999Training and competence
Everyone working at the quarry must be competent for the work they are required to do.
People working at a quarry must not undertake any work for which they are not competent.
CompetenceThe ways in which a person can demonstrate competence in a role is to have been assessed against the relevant National Occupational Standards (NOS), this through the achievement of a Vocational Qualification.
Our journey• Started in September 2014 (Phase 3).• 25 employers in the working group.• First standard rejected in March & June, approved in July. • Assessment plan still not approved.• BIS assessment plan panel commented in April 2016 that we had “a
very good assessment strategy” and “We particularly like the external quality assurance section“.
• Rejected again in September based on the EQA section.• We now have six apprenticeships at various stages.
Ensuring quality and consistencyEmployer Employer Employer Employer
Training Provider Training Provider Training Provider Training Provider
EPA EPA
Ensuring quality and consistencyEmployer Employer Employer Employer
Training Provider Training Provider Training Provider Training Provider
EPA EPA
Recouping the levy – Large sector employer
• £62,500 per month in apprenticeship levy• Average 20 apprentices recruited per year• Will need an extra 375 apprentices per year• Additional costs to the business: 6.9 million pounds• Annual levy cost £750,000
My view
• Its not a standard, it’s a guide• EPA is at best a partial synoptic snapshot• Is this really employer-led?• HSE demonstration of competence is saving lives• Well-written NOS should be the standard
Q & A SessionChaired by Tony Allen
16:30 – 16:45
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Closing Remarks
Tony Allen
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THANK YOU To all our Guest Speakers and Attendees
Have a safe journey homeWe look forward to
seeing you next year!
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