Weekly shopping vouchers worth £15 to spend at supermarkets while schools are closed due to coronavirus

Children eligible for free school meals will benefit from a national voucher scheme allowing them to continue to access meals whilst they stay at home.

This document sets out guidance for apprentices, employers, training providers and assessment organisations in response to the impact of COVID-19.

1. Introduction

This operational guidance is intended to provide further detailed information on new arrangements and responses to questions for organisations delivering post-16 further education including general further education colleges, sixth form colleges, and other providers.

Exclusive: The skills minister sits down with Tes to talk apprenticeships, T levels and colleges

Earlier today Gillian Keegan, Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills wrote to the FE College leaders about the measures to restrict Covid-19 in FE and the measure that the Government has put in place. Here is the letter from Gillian below:

Dear Colleagues,

Further details on arrangements for exams which have been cancelled to fight spread of coronavirus

Independent training providers should close their doors from Friday afternoon until further notice like schools and colleges, the apprenticeships and skills minister has confirmed.

Schools will close from Monday, except for children of key workers and vulnerable children

Exclusive: Planned reforms of the further education sector expected 'later this year', Gillian Keegan tells Tes

A White Paper outlining significant policy changes for the further education sector is set to be revealed later this year, Tes can reveal.

New skills minister Gillian Keegan has pledged “significant funding” for additional small business apprenticeships in the “coming year”, the Association of Employment and Learning Providers has claimed.