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Yesterday the Government has published ‘The Future of Apprenticeships in England: Implementation Plan’ which sets out, following Doug Richard’s independent Review of Apprenticeships, the reform of Apprenticeships. The reforms will ensure that Apprenticeships become more rigorous and more responsive to the needs of employers by;

• increasing the quality of Apprenticeships
• introducing higher expectations on English and maths
• grading to incentivise apprentices to strive to be the best
• increasing the focus on assessment at the end of an Apprenticeship to ensure full competence.

Employers will be given more responsibility for developing the standards and high level approach to assessment that will replace current Apprenticeship frameworks.

Also launched today is guidance for the first eight Trailblazers. The Trailblazers are led by employers and professional bodies and will be the first to develop new Apprenticeship standards and assessment approaches, forging the way for our reforms.

A copy of the Implementation Plan and the Guidance for Trailblazers can be found here.

Read more about the announcement here.