Policy paper

National retraining scheme

The national retraining scheme was announced in 2017 to help adults to retrain as the economy changes.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 18 July 2019
• Last updated: 18 March 2021 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

National retraining scheme: key findings paper

Ref: DfE-00188-2020

PDF, 236 KB, 15 pages

Details

The national retraining scheme has been integrated with the government’s new £2.5bn national skills fund.

This document covers:

• what we learned in developing the national retraining scheme
• how we are using this evidence to inform the national skills fund and other adult skills services

Read further research on Engaging employers in the national retraining scheme and Engaging FE providers in the national retraining scheme.

Published 18 July 2019
Last updated 18 March 2021 + show all updates

1. 18 March 2021

   Added link to 2 research reports.

2. 13 October 2020

   Replaced the national training scheme document with the national training scheme key findings paper and removed 'National retraining scheme: associated projects'.

3. 16 October 2019

   Update with information about the latest rollout of the Get help to retrain service.

4. 20 August 2019

   Updated to show users in the North East Local Enterprise Partnership and West Midlands Combined Authority areas can now test the 'Get help to retrain' service, which has seen increased functionality since its initial launch.

5. 18 July 2019

   First published.