A step by step guide for providers

This guide is aimed at providers who are considering offering GCSEs in English and
maths. It will also be useful for all providers who would like to adopt a more
coherent approach to delivering English and maths within Apprenticeships in general.

Although the guide mainly focuses on GCSEs, we are aware that functional skills or other English and maths qualifications may be more appropriate for many apprentices.

Danny Branley from HMP Dartmoor describes their induction and allocation process and how he has worked with other prisons to develop their processes through a whole organisation approach (collaborative organisational learning) supported by the Education and Training Foundation.

Colleges rarely give priority to analysing costs, resources and wastage involved in producing prospectuses, course and learner handbooks, therefore missing opportunities to cut carbon, save money and provide better learner information through a standardised personalised framework. This project analysed and evaluated those opportunities.

A research report by a sector organisation (National Institute of Adult and Continuing Education (NIACE)) which chose to pursue its goals through practitioner research. The focus was an investigation of the reasons behind school leavers not achieving A*- C grades in maths and/or English in order to inform sector suport for maths and English.