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What do apprenticeships mean
for schools in England?
Louis Coiffait
Head of Education
Reform – an independent, non-party think tank
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ICYMI: Why apprenticeships? 1/2
Jobs, skills, progression, productivity, growth
1 2015 & 2017 Con. manifesto pledges to
deliver 3m new apprenticeships by 2020,
for young people (2.5m 2010-2015)
2 April, new levy (tax), to incentivise employers
3 £3m+ wage bill = must pay 0.5%
4 £ = a voucher that employers pay to providers
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ICYMI: Why apprenticeships? 2/2
Jobs, skills, progression, productivity, growth
5 10-90% subsidy, esp. SMEs & under 19
apprentices, (and even wages while retraining?)
6 Public sector employer target, lead by example
7 250+ staff = must employ ave. 2.3% apprentices
8 £2.8bn raised by 2020, only £640m to be spent
(actually under-funded)
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ICYMI: What is an apprenticeship?
Evolving definition, but all on the job training
1 Real job with training (earn while you learn)
2 Recognised qualifications / standards
3 Meaningful progression
4 Aged 16+
5 Work 30+ hours per week, for 1-5 years
6 Paid £3.40+ per hour / £6,630+ per year
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ICYMI: What levels are apprenticeships?
Four broad categories
Name Level Equivalent edu. level
Intermediate 2 5 GCSEs A*-C
Advanced 3 2 A levels
Higher 4-7 Foundation degree + above
Degree 6-7 Bachelor’s or Master’s
“a ladder of opportunity”
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Are apprentices already in schools?
Yes some, typically L2 or L3 support roles
1 Some Intermediate / Advanced there already
2 Non-teaching roles e.g. administration, catering
3 Search ‘teaching’ in new service for employers
- Supporting T&L in PE & School Sport (L3)
- Early Years Educator (L3)
- Supporting T&L in Schools (L2 and L3)
4 Latter has 430 training options from providers,
370 of which are national
5 Delivered by schools, FE, and private providers
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What issues surround apprenticeships?
Parity: quantity, quality and progression
1 “for other people’s children” says Prof. Wolf
2 Voc./academic parity of esteem, false dichotomy?
3 Often low quality at L2, that should change…
4 Non-completion (33% overall, 42% for Highers)
5 Age, 66% of completers aged 19+
6 Equality and diversity, choices often gendered
7 Re-badging, double counts, real progression?
8 NAO called for ‘right mix’ to improve productivity
9 Could engage employers in developing staff…
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Do apprenticeships meet employer needs?
New Standards developed by employers
1 1,200+ employers in ‘trailblazer’ groups
2 Started 2014, more being formed (but slow)
3 Develop Standards and assessment plans
4 Standards = a suite of sector apprenticeships
5 Replacing old apprenticeship ‘frameworks’
6 Were approved by DfE (rush, bottleneck, purdah)
7 Since April by new Institute of Apprenticeships
8 Rigid, narrow, constrained level ‘mix’, volumes?
9 Strategic coordination across c.170 Standards?
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What are Higher or Degree apprenticeships?
To fill intermediate-high (L4-7) skill gaps
1 Expect growth in Degree apprenticeships
2 ‘a real alternative to traditional university study’
3 Highers can be same level, but don’t = a degree
4 Less debt than university
5 First Degree apprenticeship pilots 2014
6 509,400 total apprenticeship starts in 2015-16
7 4,300 Degree apprenticeship starts 2015-16
8 Less than one per cent so far…
9 But huge opportunity for HE, FE, other providers
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What’s already available to schools?
Non-teaching apprenticeships
> Standards/Frameworks relevant to schools:
- Accounting (L4)
- Management (L4/5)
- Chartered Manager (L6)
- Project management (L4)
- Facilities management (L4/5)
- Public sector commercial professional (L4)
- IT, software, web & telecoms professionals (L4)
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What school specific Standards are there?
Teacher, TAs and SBMs ‘in development’
Three stages: a = standard in development
b = standard published
c = standard & assessment plan approved for delivery
Childcare and education Level Stage
a b c
Children, young people and families manager 5 X X
Children, young people and families practitioner 4 X X
Early years educator 3 X X
Education learning mentor 3 X X
School business director 4/6? X
Teacher X
Teaching assistant X
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What will teacher apprenticeships mean? 1/2
A ‘new’ route to the profession
1 Schools forced to pay and hire since April
2 Low cost (subsidised) option amid -2.8% cuts?
3 Additionality: different route = different applicants?
4 Could lead to a more diverse workforce?
5 SoS said teaching should have “high bar to entry”
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What will teacher apprenticeships mean? 2/2
A ‘new’ route to the profession
6 An entirely vocational QTS route by 2018?
7 L6+ Degree app., to replace SD Salaried route?
8 Or a ‘no degree’ option, e.g. a L6+ Higher app.?
9 Cost/quality tensions between routes/providers?
10 Sponsored by major (STEM) companies?
11 Coherent and sustainable overall ITT system?
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FEHEIs TSAs Lead
Schools
Accredited
Providers
TeachFirst
& others
What ITT routes and providers are there?
L6+ apprenticeship to offer/replace an option
Postgraduate Cert. in Education (PGCE)
Teach First, maths, PE, EYFS and other ‘specialist’ routes
School-centred ITT (SCITT)
Schools Direct un/salaried
L2-5 Advanced/Higher apprenticeships
2018 L6+ Higher/Degree apprenticeship? (extra/replace SD salaried?)
QTS
TES Straight to Teaching QTS programme and Assessment Only
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What do school leaders think?
Mixed, some ‘siezing the opportunity’
1 ”I’ve seen the standards, they’re not
standards at all, just a simplistic checklist!”
3 “It’s going to be an important new route for us”
2 ”Teaching apprenticeships are poorly thought
through, developed through a scramble to help
schools get their levy back”
4 “It’s a great route for some TAs”
5 ”Slippery slope for subject knowledge and status
of profession, if the education system doesn’t
value education qualifications why would others?
It’s a big risk.”
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Politics unlikely to change direction
(though who knows these days)
1 Brexit and the ‘forgotten 50%’
2 (Re)training, jobs, the economy
3 Social mobility & inclusion
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Thank you!
What’s Reform doing in education
We’re currently doing research on
the teaching workforce (today and in 2030),
and on access to universities.
We’re also running a conference on social mobility,
events at party conferences,
and roundtables on … apprenticeships…
Questions?