Taking Teaching Further Round 1Application form

June 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.

Submitting your application Please email a single Word version of your completed application form 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 27 July 2018.

Any applications received after this time/date 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 allowed 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 (needs to be available w/c 13 August)

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 or sub-contractors in a separate annex attached to your tender response.

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 tendering to provide the goods and/or services required itself?

Yes / No

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

Yes / No

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iii) Is the organisation tendering a consortium or Special Purpose Vehicle

Yes / No

If your answer is yes in ii) or iii) 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

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not already hold a substantive teaching qualification i.e. a Level 5 Teaching Qualification (DET) or 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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We confirm that the post being recruited to is:

a permanent, full-time position or part time at or above a 0.5 FTE contract

(see page 13 of guidance for additional information)☐

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Strand 1: Cohort

Please complete the following table showing the sectors, size and timing of your proposed cohort(s). In each cell please enter proposals for the number of starts and their target start month(s) e.g. 5 in Oct 2018. There is a limit of five places per provider/consortium for each round.

Sector(s) Financial year 2018-19 Starts (round 1)

Childcare and Education

Digital

Construction

Engineering and Manufacturing

Another priority STEM subject specialist area – please state which

Strand 1: Partners

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

Organisation name Organisation type Lead contact Job Title

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Strand 1: Criteria [1] – Innovative models of ITE

Please: set out how you propose to recruit, support and train your cohort, describe any innovative elements within your model, and include a brief summary of current recruitment practices, and your

views/understanding on why these may have been unsuccessful to date. (max 750 words)

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Strand 1: Criteria [2] – 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.(max 300 words)

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Strand 1: Criteria [3] – Sustainability and dissemination

Please set out how you will deliver wider impact within, across and potentially beyond your organisation, and how you will sustain impact and create scalability beyond the period of funding.(max 300 words)

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Please set out your programme timetable

Project Plan Outline Strand 1 2018 2019 2020

Activity April- August

September-December

January-March

April-August

September-December

January-March

April-August

Commissioning / initiation

Programme set-up

 

 

Delivery

For each cohort (sector) – Target start & end dates

 

 

 

 

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Project Plan Outline Strand 1 2018 2019 2020

Activity April- August

September-December

January-March

April-August

September-December

January-March

April-August

 

 

 Evaluation

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Please set out your budget in the table belowBudget – Strand 1

2018 2019 2020

Cost area Activity April- August

September-December

January-March

April-August

September-December

January-March

April-August

Delivery £#,###

 

 

 

 

Management and Administration

 

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Strand 2: Industry and provider innovation projects

Please identify your project with a short descriptive title.

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Strand 2: Criteria [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.

(max 750 words)

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Strand 2: Criteria [2] –Outcomes and impact

Please: describe how the project will deliver quality outcomes and maximise impact

and reach, set out clearly defined outcome and impact measures, and proposals for

data collection methods and timings, and add a rationale for why you think this project will meet the aims and objectives

of the programme.(max 500 words)

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Strand 2: Criteria [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

approach to equality diversity and inclusion. (max 800 words)

Using the template on the following page please set out a coherent and realistic delivery plan which clearly identifies the tasks and timescales required to successfully deliver the project.

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Please set out your programme timetable

Project Plan Outline Strand 2 2018 2019 2020

Activity April- August

September-December

January-March

April-August

September-December

January-March

April-August

Commissioning / initiation

Programme set-up

 

 

 

 

 

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Project Plan Outline Strand 2 2018 2019 2020

Activity April- August

September-December

January-March

April-August

September-December

January-March

April-August

 

 

 

 

 

 Evaluation

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Strand 2: Criteria [4] – Value for money

Please describe how you will deliver value for money during the project. Please describe any added value that you can bring to the project.(max 300 words)

Using the template below, please set out your project budget.

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Please set out your budget in the table belowBudget – Strand 2

2018 2019 2020

Cost area Activity April- August

September-December

January-March

April-August

September-December

January-March

April-August

Delivery £#,###

 

 

 

 

Management and Administration

 

 

 

 

 

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Instructions:

Please complete the table on page 20, taking care to list all costs under the appropriate cost type. Please indicate the estimated level of spend by type per term.

The cost types are:

Delivery: These are costs of people and resources involved in the direct delivery of activities in the supported settings. Wherever possible, we ask bidders to be specific about how funding requested relates to project activities and milestones. Please include anticipated travel and subsistence.

Management and administration: These are the costs relating to anything other than direct delivery and travel and subsistence. This could include the costs of the project manager who is responsible for making sure that the programme of work is delivered as planned and will include costs relating to monitoring the ongoing delivery of activities and achievement of outcomes.

We also ask that bidders remember that we expect:

not to fund capital expenditure; not to fund anything that would be covered within existing funding streams,

although we will consider backfill arrangements to facilitate project delivery on a case by case basis; and,

all funding requests to demonstrate value for money.

A note on funding restrictions: due to government efficiency controls there are restrictions on certain types of activity that can be financed with public funds. This includes marketing, the development of digital services and consultancy.

This means that controls apply to most communications activity including (but not limited to)

• advertising and Marketing (including digital)

• market research, printing and publications;

• events, conferences and exhibitions;

• public relations activities;

• digital communications activities;

• consultation activities including: associated publicity, events, resources and materials, research, analysis and evaluation; and

• communication strategy, planning, concept and proposition testing and development.

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Marketing activity

If your proposal requests funding for marketing and advertising which fall under the efficiency controls, approval from DfE will be required before the funding could be granted and you may need to provide further information that might result in a delay in clearing funding.

Digital activity

The process will also apply to digital activity, for proposals including expenditure on websites, mobile apps or domain names. Any exemption required, and funding, will need to be agreed beforehand by the DfE, and you may need to provide further information that might result in a delay in clearing funding.

Bids should therefore consider such activity for which funding is requested. This does not preclude this activity being considered for funding. But if there are proposals where a significant part of the grant being applied for will be used in these areas, they can only be considered if there is an overwhelming case for the proposed product or service.

In some exceptional instances it will be preferable to use a service contract to award funding to providers, but in all other cases we will be using grant funding arrangements. Please notify us if you have a strong preference to use a service contract. If a service contract is used the total spend across all cost types should equal the total amount applied for including any VAT.

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Strand 2: Criteria [5] – Sustainability and dissemination

Please set out any plans to sustain activity and impact beyond the period of programme funding.Please describe how your project will maximise impact across your organisations and beyond through disseminating outcomes and sharing effective practice.(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.

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