The Future of Apprenticeships in England

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The Future of Apprenticeships in England

• Audience
• Date

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What is an Apprenticeship?

• An Apprenticeship is a job with training to
  develop skills.
• An Apprenticeship is a way for young people to
  earn while they learn in a real job, gaining a
  real qualification and a real future.
• Apprenticeships are available at Intermediate,
  Advanced and Higher (degree) level, covering more
  than 170 industries and 1500 job roles in sectors
  from Nursing to Graphic Design, Horticulture,
  Electric Vehicle Engineering, Banking and Law.

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Why reform Apprenticeships?

• To meet the needs of the future economy for years
  to come.
• To ensure Apprenticeships are more rigorous and
  responsive to the needs of employers following
  Richard Review.
• Apprenticeships viewed with the same esteem as
  University.
• The changes will build on existing strengths.

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What are the main aims of the reforms?

• High quality
• Higher expectations of English and Maths, more
  assessment at end of Apprenticeship and
  introducing grading.

• Employer driven
• Ensuring rigorous training that will support
  economic growth

• Simple
• Complex frameworks to be replaced by standards of
  around one page written by employers.

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What changes are we making to Apprenticeships?

• Standards designed by employers will replace
  existing Frameworks.
• New standards will be clear and concise, written
  by employers and no more than a few pages long.
• All Apprenticeships will have an end-point
  assessment.
• Apprenticeships will be graded for the first
  time.
• All Apprenticeships will last a minimum of 12
  months.

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What about English and maths?

• English and maths are crucial skills for
  successful careers.
• All new apprentices will have to study and take
  the test for Level 2 English and maths (if not
  already achieved). If they are doing Level 3 and
  above they will need to achieve Level 2 .
• Apprentices can meet the English and maths
  requirements through Functional Skills or GCSE
  qualifications.
• When the reformed GCSEs are implemented, the
  ambition is for Apprenticeships to use GCSEs
  rather than Functional Skills to meet the English
  and maths requirements.

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What about assessment?

• Employer concerns that apprentices are able to
  pass Apprenticeships but they do not judge them
  to be competent.
• All new apprenticeships will have an end-point
  assessment - apprentice will be required to
  demonstrate competency across the whole standard.
• End-point assessment will be synoptic assessing
  skills and knowledge in an integrated way and
  will be graded.
• Trailblazers will set out their high level
  approach to the end-point assessment what, how
  and who should assess.
• Successful completion of an apprenticeship will
  require passing pre-requisite qualifications, as
  stated on the standard, and passing the end-point
  assessment.

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What changes are we making to the funding system?

• Giving employers the buying power by placing
  funding in their hands. We have recently
  consulted on the mechanism for doing this and are
  currently analysing the responses.
• We need to ensure we can make the new system as
  user-friendly as possible for all employers.
• The consultation closed on 1 May.

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How will we deliver the reforms?

• Trailblazers are leading the way in implementing
  the reforms.
• Trailblazers are led by large and small
  employers. They are leading the way in developing
  new Apprenticeship standards and assessment
  approaches for key occupations in their sectors.
• Over 400 employers are involved in the
  Trailblazers so far.
• They are building on what already exists to
  ensure that professionalism and quality in
  training are the primary focus.

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What are your plans for Trailblazers?

• Our first Trailblazers are in the following
  sectors
• More than 80 employers are involved in the first
  phase of Trailblazer projects.
• They have successfully produced the first
  Apprenticeship standards and can be viewed here
  www.apprenticeships.org.uk/standards

Aerospace
Automotive
Digital Industries
Electrotechnical
Energy Utilities
Financial Services
Food and Drink Manufacturing
Life Industrial Sciences
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What are your plans for Trailblazers?

• As momentum grows, we have announced a second
  phase of Trailblazers in 29 sectors.

Accountancy
Actuary
Adult Social Care
Airworthiness
Automotive Retail
Aviation
Butchery
Cinema
Civil Service
Construction
Conveyancing
Craft
Dental Health
Early Years
Emerging Technologies
Hair and Beauty
Horticulture
Hospitality and Tourism
Housing
Insurance
Land-based Engineering
Law
Maritime
Media
Nursing
Property Services
Rail Design
Retail
Travel

• If you are interested in getting involved, you
  can email apprenticeship.trailblazers_at_bis.gsi.gov
  .uk

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What is the timetable for reform?

• The Trailblazers will pave the way for full
  implementation of the reforms during 2015/16 and
  2016/17.
• The aim is that all new Apprenticeship starts
  from 2017/18 will be on the new programme.
• As the new standards are developed and agreed,
  we will cease funding Apprenticeships under
  former frameworks.

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Where can I find out more?

• Trailblazers Guidance
• www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-of-appre
  nticeships-in-england-guidance-for-trailblazers

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