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Kids Planet Training Academy awarded prestigious ETF Workforce Development funding.
The Training Academy is delighted to be working in partnership with Seren Skills Network, College But Different, and Professional Apprenticeships on this collaborative industry project.
This project, funded through The Education and Training Foundation (ETF), focuses on how best to prepare apprentices for their End Point Assessment (EPA). We are working to ensure that skill development is embedded from day one, allowing apprentices to achieve the best possible outcomes and succeed the first time round.
Over the next six months, Kids Planet Academy will carry out primary research—including observations, interviews, and surveys—focused on two key strands:
Understanding the most effective strategies for tutors, learners, and employers to prepare for the EPA throughout the entire length of the apprenticeship programme.
Identifying the most effective assessment methods, including how “feedback and feedforward” are used to develop and embed essential skills throughout the course.
All of our findings will be analysed to spot sector trends and will eventually be shared on the ETF website. We look forward to producing a series of handy guides for learners, employers, and tutors to improve outcomes across the early years sector.
“We are extremely proud to have been awarded this project bid as the only group of Independent Training Providers. We want this project to look through the lens of the learner in order to construct the best possible approaches to End Point Assessment, highlighting best practice and improving outcomes for apprentices.”
Gill Mason
Head of Training and Development, Kids Planet
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