Bridgehead Communications
Skills & workforce communications

The policy
voice that counts.

We put skills leaders into the national debate — from BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme to FE Week and the ministers who shape funding.

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BBC Radio 4Today Programme
FE Week+ Schools Week
Policy+ workforce

The promise

We have worked Westminster, Whitehall and the college estate — and we know the difference matters.

30+
FE colleges and ITPs advised
£480m
DfE programmes communicated
12
APPG submissions in last 24 months

On the record

The coverage does the talking

A live feed of where our work has been showing up — real placements, real titles, real reach.

6.7M listeners
Lawrence Barton DL featured in BBC Radio 4 Today

Skills · BBC Radio 4 Today

Why Britain needs more tech apprenticeships to close the skills gap

Education trade
Lawrence Barton DL featured in FE Week

Policy · FE Week

Devolved budget could drag adult education out of the doldrums

Education trade
MBKB Training featured in FE Week

Policy · FE Week

Minimum duration requirements are holding apprenticeships back

50k+ sector readers
Baker Dearing Educational Trust featured in Schools Week

Education · Schools Week

UTCs group seeks millions from DfE for Sleeves model in mainstream schools

Education trade
Baker Dearing Educational Trust featured in FE Week

Education · FE Week

Pre-16 technical education pathways: UTCs make the case

Capabilities

What a skills engagement actually covers

01

Sector reputation and thought leadership

Op-eds and policy submissions in FE Week, Tes, the Telegraph and the nationals.

02

Policy and stakeholder engagement

DfE, Ofsted, IfATE and APPG engagement for AoC, AELP and large colleges.

03

Learner recruitment marketing

Search, paid social and content tuned to apprenticeship enquiries, T Level enrolments and adult-skills participation.

04

Crisis and inspection comms

Pre- and post-Ofsted narrative support for colleges and training providers.

Who we work with

The organisations sitting around our boardroom table

  • FE colleges
  • Independent training providers
  • Apprenticeship providers
  • Sector trade bodies
  • Adult-skills funders

FAQs

What people ask us first

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