The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) Strategic Plan 2021-2024 sets out a vision for a world-leading technical education and apprenticeship system that aims to equip individuals with the skills that employers need.

This Strategic Plan, alongside the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill, puts IfATE at the heart of the skills system in England, working with employers to drive the agenda, decide what skills are in shortage now and in the future, and what training needs to be delivered via Local Skills Improvement Plans.

Key IfATE priorities cover:

• Creating a unified technical education system led by employers that drives up quality, meets skills needs and makes it far easier for people from all backgrounds to navigate the system, climb onto the careers ladder and maximise their potential.
• Implementing employer-led strategic plans for each of the 15 occupational routes, covering the full spectrum of sectors and industries and charting all technical education onto the same occupational maps
• Supporting the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill into law granting new functions to IfATE including approval of most post-16 technical qualifications. 
• Ensuring that apprenticeships and other technical qualifications are sufficiently adaptable to support the widest possible uptake whilst being responsive to changing skills priorities and the call for new qualifications
• Reviewing how all larger and smaller employers support IfATE’s work, capitalising on digital solutions and creating knowledge about future skills needs.  A directory of industry experts to secure the employers’ voice in the external quality assurance of assessments will be delivered.