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Topic: Re:Pimlico Plumbers
Posted by: Antony Smith
Date/Time: 28/01/24 13:37:00

At risk of going well ‘off piste’, there are young people who want to do apprenticeships and employers who’d like them to do so (larger employers pay a levy to HMRC to be used specifically for them). The problem in my experience is that the learners must have passed GCSE at levels A to C. Some colleges will support them to study and get to the right level and so will many employers, But others won’t. . Thera are many who can’t apply themselves to academic learning but would make terrific plumbers, electricians, gas engineers etc. They are just excluded by the demands of functional skills. I spoke personally to the Secretary for Education, Gillan Keegan and, while she listened and empathised, she did say there are no plans to change the entry criteria. I wonder if a Labour government would do anything different but the chances of getting an answer out of Ruth Cadbury are very slim.
Employers won’t, and often don’t have the funds, to pay for the studies, but they’d love to use their levy payments to fund learning.

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Pimlico Plumbers26/01/24 21:26:00 Emma Elizabeth
   Re:Pimlico Plumbers26/01/24 21:48:00 Julian Pavey
      Re:Re:Pimlico Plumbers26/01/24 21:56:00 Nick Jenkins
      Re:Re:Pimlico Plumbers26/01/24 21:59:00 Mark Frost
   Re:Pimlico Plumbers26/01/24 22:03:00 N V Brooks
      Re:Re:Pimlico Plumbers26/01/24 22:17:00 Maggie Dodge
         Re:Re:Re:Pimlico Plumbers26/01/24 22:44:00 Caroline Carrington
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Pimlico Plumbers26/01/24 23:53:00 Bruce Hammal
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pimlico Plumbers27/01/24 01:49:00 Michael Brown
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pimlico Plumbers27/01/24 08:26:00 Maggie Dodge
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pimlico Plumbers27/01/24 09:13:00 Janice Evans
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pimlico Plumbers27/01/24 09:46:00 Janice Evans
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pimlico Plumbers27/01/24 10:40:00 Bruce Hammal
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pimlico Plumbers27/01/24 13:13:00 Denis I. Fox
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pimlico Plumbers27/01/24 13:39:00 Maggie Dodge
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pimlico Plumbers27/01/24 15:18:00 N V Brooks
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pimlico Plumbers27/01/24 13:41:00 Janice Evans
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pimlico Plumbers27/01/24 15:18:00 Maggie Dodge
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pimlico Plumbers28/01/24 08:46:00 Gordon McDonald
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pimlico Plumbers28/01/24 18:33:00 Maggie Dodge
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pimlico Plumbers28/01/24 19:33:00 N V Brooks
   Re:Pimlico Plumbers28/01/24 13:37:00 Antony Smith
      Re:Re:Pimlico Plumbers29/01/24 00:01:00 Michael Adams
   Re:Pimlico Plumbers01/02/24 12:57:00 Les Fletcher
      Re:Re:Pimlico Plumbers01/02/24 13:03:00 Richard Greenhough

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