With several key operational, compliance, and regulatory shifts in subcontracted provision on the horizon, staying informed about these changes and understanding what they mean for your organisation is essential.
To help you navigate the changing landscape, EducationScape is delighted to welcome back Karl Bentley, Validera and Mark Taylor, Shakespeare Martineau. We are also delighted to be joined by SCL’s Chief Education Officer, Stuart Allen, who will offer practical provider insights into assuring quality guidelines within subcontract management.
Designed to help you review and refresh your approach to due diligence, subcontracting, and compliance, this online session will update your understanding of current subcontracting rules across Further Education and Skills, offering both regulatory guidance and real-world provider perspectives.
What You’ll Gain from Attending
- Practical Subcontracting Guidance: Clear, actionable approaches to meeting current subcontracting requirements.
- Regulatory and Legal Standards: Key insights into subcontracting standards, funding rules, ILR data, and audit preparation.
- Regulatory Readiness: First-hand perspectives on how providers prepare for auditing, inspection and other regulatory requirements expected for subcontracted provision.
- Stakeholder and Oversight Management: Practical methods for managing relationships with regulators, subcontractors, and employers while building confidence in due diligence, contracts, and ongoing oversight.
- Interactive Q&A: An opportunity to ask questions and learn directly from current practice.
Who Should Attend?
This session is designed for anyone managing subcontracted provision or overseeing quality and funding processes across sixth forms, colleges, Independent Training Providers (ITPs), HE institutions, and local authorities, including:
- Finance leaders and managers
- Compliance leads
- Quality and audit managers
- Data specialists
- MIS and funding teams
Whether it’s understanding complex funding rules, managing everyday delivery realities, or preparing for upcoming audits, this session will provide you with the practical answers you need.
Don’t miss your opportunity to be fully informed. Book your place now!
Join live or watch later on demand at a time that suits you.
Introducing EducationScape’s Data and Funding Community
Do you want to be kept informed and part of a community dedicated to FE and Skills data and funding? If so, we are excited to launch our Data and Funding Community.
For an annual subscription of £499 per person, you will receive a range of exclusive benefits:
- Stay ahead of changes to education funding, policy and regulation.
- Hear directly from sector leaders, policymakers and funding experts.
- Attend two exclusive in-person community events each year.
- Join regular webinars with key partners and influential organisations.
- Connect with peers to share insight, challenges and best practice.
- Make more informed, evidence-led strategic decisions.
To find out more and join us individually, use this link.
As well as individual memberships, team subscriptions are also available. Find out more by contacting a member of our team. Email: training@educationscape.com



