Most apprenticeship challenges become visible long after they begin.
These articles explore apprentice on-programme progress and development, workplace impact, employer value and apprenticeship performance.
The aim is simple:
To help leaders identify important signals earlier, ask better questions and make better-informed decisions.
Originally published in FE News.
A healthy provider achievement rate can conceal significant variation between programmes. What important questions might your headline figure be hiding?
As achievement rates improve across the sector, what will distinguish your apprenticeships in the eyes of employers?
Every apprenticeship begins with a training plan. But does it continue to shape development throughout the programme, or does its influence gradually fade?
The challenge is rarely recognising pressure on planned end dates. It is recognising it early enough to intervene effectively.
Most apprentice development happens in the workplace. How confident are you that mentors understand what they should be helping apprentices develop and when?
Originally published in FE News.
Many apprenticeship challenges only become visible when there is less time available to influence the outcome. The more important question is what should already be visible today.