Happy New Year!

On 7th September 2023 the teacher for the sensory impaired (QTSI) apprenticeship was approved by IfATE (the Insitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education) .https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/

• The apprenticeship documents are on the IfATE website and there is a note on the page to say that the documents have received approval from the Secretary of State for Education. The apprenticeship are now ‘live’ on the website https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/teacher-for-the-sensory-impaired-v1-0

• The Trailblazer Group is assisting University course providers to prepare for delivery of their training as an apprenticeship. The apprenticeship will only be possible once a suitable end-point assessment organisation (EPAO) has given an ‘in principle’ commitment to the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) to deliver assessments on this apprenticeship standard.

• It is very important that sudent intakes for September 2024 continue to apply to the University course providers for the delivery of the MQs as they are now.

The Trailblazer Group led by Rory McDonnell and Tina Wakefield are to be congratulated and thanked for all their work and support to reach this stage. It is also important to thank colleagues in IfATE for their help during the process. Whilst there is still work to be done before we are able to start the QTSI Apprenticeship this is an amazing achievment for the SI sector. Thank you.