Agenda item

RESOLVED:-

(i)        that a procurement exercise be undertaken to identify apprentice training and assessment providers in line with the Council’s duties under the reforms, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report now submitted;

(ii)       that the Executive Director Senior Responsible Officer, tasked with chairing the Organisational Improvement Board be authorised to approve the award of the contract to the successful providers on the basis of the tender evaluation criteria, set out at paragraph 4.3 of the report now submitted;

(iii)      that responsibility for the strategic management and coordination of the apprenticeship reform be through the Organisation Improvement Board, and an operational group be established to provide support to the Board consisting of key officers from across the Council and representation from the Council’s maintained schools; and

(iv)      that the need for further liaison with schools on the operation of the reforms, and the importance of championing apprenticeships be agreed.