Taking Teaching Further Round 2Application form

December 2018

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Completing your applicationThe Education and Training Foundation (ETF), on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE), has published application guidance for the Taking Teaching Further programme. It provides information on the aims of the programme, assessment criteria and funding available.

Please ensure you have read through the requirements before completing this application form.

Each section of the application form directly relates to an assessment criterion as set out in the guidance.

Please keep within the word limit – any words over the limit will not be taken into consideration. No additional attachments or annexes are permitted other than those specified. These are not included within the word limit.

Submitting your application Please email a single Word version of your completed application form.

For strand 1 applications please also submit:

Annex A - your budget.

For strand 2 applications please submit:

Annex B – your project plan, and

Annex C - your budget.

Please send everything to takingteachingfurther@etfoundation.co.uk

Once submitted, applicants will receive an email response confirming the application has been received.

DeadlineThe Foundation must receive all completed applications by email by 12 noon on 15th February 2019.

Any applications received after this deadline will not be assessed.

The ETF will not consider applications that miss this deadline as to do so would be to unfairly discriminate against those applicants who submitted their application within the permitted timescale.

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About your organisation

Lead organisation

Lead contact

Position

Email address

Phone number

Address

URN / UKPRN / Company Number as applicable

Contact for further questions on borderline applications

Business suitability criteriaBusiness suitability criteria relate to the applicant and are used to assess the applicant’s ability to perform the proposed project.

1. Basic details of your organisation (continued)

1.1 Company registration number (if this applies)

1.2 Association or other registration number (if this applies). Please specify registering body

1.3 Date of registration (if this applies)

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1.4 Registered address if different from the address stated above

1.5 Are registered for VAT? If so, please provide the registration number

1.6 Is your organisation

(highlight Yes/No as appropriate)

i) A public limited company Yes / No

ii) A FE college established under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992

Yes / No

iii) A limited company Yes / No

iv) A partnership Yes / No

v) Offender learning organisation Yes / No

vi) Other (please specify)

1.7 Please indicate the size of your organisation

(highlight Yes/No as appropriate)

i) Micro (1 - 9) Yes / No

ii) Small (10 - 49) Yes / No

iii) Medium (50 - 249) Yes / No

iv) Large (250+) Yes / No

1.8 Are you acting as the lead organisation for a consortium Yes / No

1.9 Please provide the names of your consortium partners in a separate annex attached to your application.

1.10 Name of (ultimate) parent company (if this applies)

1.11 Companies House registration number of parent company (if this applies)

1.12 Consortia and sub-contracting

(highlight Yes/No as appropriate)

i) Is your organisation applying to provide the services required itself?

Yes / No

ii) Is your organisation applying in the role of prime contractor and does it intend to use third parties to provide some of the services?

Yes / No

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If your answer is yes in ii) please provide a separate annex detailing the composition and governance of the supply chain, indicating which member(s) of that chain will be responsible for the elements of the requirements set out in the assessment guidance.

2. Financial Information

2.1 Subject to section 2.2 below, all applicants are requested to provide one of the items below along with the application and indicate which of the following has been provided:

i) A copy of your last two years’ audited financial statements (not abbreviated)

ii) A statement of your most recent year of trading to include profit and loss account, balance sheet and cash flow (bank letter outlining current cash flow and credit position)

iii) An alternative means of demonstrating financial status if trading for less than one year. For example, profit and loss account, balance sheet and cash flow forecast for the next 12 months (bank letter outlining current cash and credit position)

2.2 If you have previously submitted these documents to the Foundation, within the last 12 months, in connection with another tender/application and the relevant information remains accurate at the application submission deadline for this programme, then please provide the reference for the other tender.

2.3 If requested, would you be able to provide a banker’s reference? Yes / No

Strand

Please indicate which strand you are applying for (both can be applied for)

Strand 1Financial Support for Initial

Teacher Education☐

Strand 2Industry and Provider

Innovation Projects☐

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Strand 1 – Financial support for Initial Teacher Education

Strand 1: Eligibility

We confirm that each individual to be supported will:

be an industry professional – defined as an individual who has worked for a minimum of three years in their area of vocation and is, at the time of applying to become an FE teacher, still working in that same industry, or has been within the last 18 months

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be from within one of the four prioritised sector areas: childcare and education; digital; construction; engineering and manufacturing, or another priority STEM subject specialist area where teaching vacancies are hard to fill and one of these subject areas should comprise the substantive part of their teaching timetable

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not already hold a substantive teaching qualification i.e. a Level 5 Teaching Qualification (DET) or other equivalent/higher level teaching qualification

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be of suitable quality/calibre as determined by the provider’s own recruitment process

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not already be working within the organisation applying for the grant in a training/assessing/teaching post

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We confirm that the post being recruited to is:

a permanent, full-time position or part time (including sessional) at or above a 0.5 FTE contract

(see page 14 of guidance for additional information)

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We confirm that this application:

is being made by an FE provider (general or specialist college, National College, independent training provider, employer led provider, third sector training provider, local authority provider, and adult and community learning provider)

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demonstrates that the recruit will be undertaking a Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training (or equivalent/higher level teaching qualification)

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demonstrates that all recruits will have started their qualification by September 2019 and have completed by July 2021

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has a budget that does not exceed £18,200 per trainee (for up to 5 trainees per organisation/consortium. The term consortium refers to a group of providers)

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only contains grant claims for up to £2,000 per recruit in the 2020-2021 financial year* (to cover the second year qualification fee)

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is for a ‘hard to fill’ vacancy (for example, a position that has been vacant for 3 months or more)

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includes the provision of intensive support for the new teacher for the first eight weeks and a model of support that provides a reduced workload that must be provided by the end of March 2020

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has senior leadership commitment to, and support for, the programme throughout its delivery

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is for no more than five ITE places in total, across both rounds 1 and round 2 ☐

*Please note by financial year we mean the period of time between 1 April and 31 March.

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Strand 1: Cohort

Please complete the following table showing the sectors, size and timing of your proposed recruitment cohort. In each cell please enter proposals for the number of starts and their target start month(s) e.g. 5 in September 2019. There is a limit of five places per provider/consortium* for each round.

Sector(s) Financial year 2019-20 Starts (round 2) by

September 2019

Childcare and education

Digital

Construction

Engineering and manufacturing

Another priority STEM subject specialist area – please state which

* the term consortium refers to a group of providers working together.

Strand 1: Partners

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If you are working with one or more partner providers, please complete the following table:

Organisation name Organisation type Lead contact Job Title

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Strand 1: Activity delivery

Please complete the table below and outline the following: your objective/s, activity overview and outcomes clear key performance indicators and target dates for completion allocated roles and responsibilities

An example has been completed for youPlease complete your budget (annex A) and submit with the application

Activity objective/overview Activity outcome KPI Target date Roles and responsibilities

Three hard-to-fill teaching vacancies filled

Successful appointment of three new members of staff

By September 2019

Head of Teaching and Learning

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Please set out your programme timetable

Activity Plan Outline Strand 1 2019 2020 2021

Activity May-August

September-December

January-March

April-August

September-December

January-March*

April-July

Commissioning / initiation

Programme-set up

Recruitment (to take place between May and August 2019)

 

Delivery

For each cohort (sector) – start dates of DET (or equivalent/higher level qualification) by September 2019 to be completed by July 2021

Support model

Delivery of DET (or equivalent)

 

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Activity Plan Outline Strand 1 2019 2020 2021

Activity May-August

September-December

January-March

April-August

September-December

January-March*

April-July

 Evaluation

 Data collection

 Dissemination

 

*Funding ceases after this point

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Strand 2: Industry and provider innovation projects

Please identify your project with a short title and descriptive summary.

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Strand 2 – Industry and provider innovation projects

Strand 2: Eligibility

We confirm that this project application:

is focussed on one or more of the programme priority areas ☐

includes at least one named FE/post 16 provider ☐

does not contain a request for capital costs ☐

does not contain an initiative that has already received public funding ☐

will start by May 2019 and be completed by 31st March 2020 ☐

Please indicate which of the programme priority areas your project is focusing on (it can be more than one):

Sector Project focus

Childcare and Education ☐Digital ☐Construction ☐Engineering and Manufacturing ☐Another priority STEM subject specialists area (please indicate which)

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Strand 2: Criterion [1] – Innovative proposals which fit with the programme objectives and policy aims

Please: set out your projects aims, objectives and outputs, outline the activity your project will deliver, describe any innovative elements within your model, and describe your current industry links, and why you think this project will help you.

Your proposal should also cover the assessment criteria outlined on page 19 of the assessment guidance.(max 750 words)

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Strand 2: Criterion [2] –Outcomes and impact

Please: a) describe how you will support high-quality, industry related professional development

and evidence its impact on practice, learners and organisations b) describe how you will promote dual professionalism, mapping activity to the ETF

professional standardsc) complete annex B and outline the following:

your outcomes and impact measures proposals for data collection and timings your key performance indicators a realistic delivery plan which clearly identifies the tasks and timescales

required to successfully deliver the project(max 500 words, annex word count not included)

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Strand 2: Criterion [3] – Capacity, leadership and management

Please set out how you will establish and maintain management capacity, systems and processes; and senior leadership commitment to, and support for, the programme throughout its delivery.

Please outline your: leadership, partnership and management arrangements senior leadership ownership and sponsorship key skills, knowledge and experience of delivery partners risks to delivery and your risk management approach communication plans project personnel – who is going to be involved in delivery, (including partners if you

have any) and- their role within the provider - their role in delivering the project - their skills knowledge and experience

approach to equality diversity and inclusion approach to building upon existing examples of effective practice, extending

approaches to stimulate and develop local partnerships and collaborations.(max 800 words)

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Strand 2: Criterion [4] – Value for money

Please describe how you will deliver value for money during the project: provide a clear breakdown of the costs incurred to meet programme objectives demonstrate clearly how funding will be utilised to support secondments, placements

and instances of cross-organisational activity demonstrate how working with partners adds value to proposed activity, including

learned societies, subject associations and professional membership bodies(max 300 words)

Using the excel template provided (annex C), please set out your project budget.

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Strand 2: Criterion [5] – Sustainability and dissemination

Please set out how you will: maximise the impact of industry/provider placements across organsations and

beyond, through disseminating outcomes and sharing effective practice give evidence of plans to sustain activity and impact beyond the period of programme

funding demonstrate the value and possibilities of sustainable and scalable models of

collaboration through strengthening existing relationships between learning providers, skills for growth networks, and industry

include communication plans which build upon existing provider, employer and skills networks, to maximise reach and engagement.

(max 300 words)

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Declaration By signing below, you confirm:

your organisation, and those within your project, meet all the eligibility criteria

you can provide all necessary documentation to evidence the information within this application form and your organisation’s financial health

you understand your role as the project lead.

Organisation:

Project Lead

Signature:

Date:

Name:

Job title:

Key partners (please add further boxes below to add other partners as necessary)

Signature:

Date:

Name:

Job title:

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Principal / Chief Executive

(if not project lead)

Signature:

Date:

Name:

Job title:

Supplementary information

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Costs and expenses

You will not be entitled to claim from the Foundation any costs or expenses which you may incur in preparing your proposal whether or not your proposal is successful.

Feedback

We will be able to offer formal feedback on your proposal on request.

Inducements

Offering an inducement of any kind in relation to obtaining this or any other grant with the DfE or the ETF will disqualify your application from being considered and may constitute a criminal offence.

Freedom of information

The DfE and ETF are committed to open government and to meeting their responsibilities under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Accordingly, all information submitted may need to be disclosed in response to a request under the Act. If you consider that any of the information included in your proposal is commercially sensitive, please identify it and explain (in broad terms) what harm may result from disclosure if a request is received, and the time period applicable to that sensitivity. You should be aware that, even where you have indicated that information is commercially sensitive, we may still be required to disclose it under the Act if a request is received. Please also note that the receipt of any material marked ‘confidential’ or equivalent by the Department should not be taken to mean that we accept any duty of confidence by virtue of that marking. If a request is received, we may also be required to disclose details of unsuccessful proposals.

Before submitting the application, applicants should ensure they have read and understood the grant funding agreement terms and conditions. These can be found here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/grant-funding-agreement-terms-and-conditions.

In applying to the Taking Teaching Further programme applicants will be agreeing to the grant funding agreement terms and conditions.

Any content produced on either strand will be covered by the Open Government Licence. This means that the DfE will retain copyright and intellectual property rights (IPR), but the ETF could use/reuse the material without payment.

Application submission checklist

1) Word application form – both strands

2) Financial information – both strands

Strand 1 applications

1) Annex A – Budget

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Strand 2 applications

1) Annex B – Project plan

2) Annex C - Budget

Please send to: takingteachingfurther@etfoundation.co.uk

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