Apprenticeships funding

Apprenticeship funding rules and bands, list of apprenticeship training providers, and guidance on how to hire an apprentice.

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Guidance and regulation

• Apprenticeship funding rules, 2025 to 2026
  • Guidance
  • 15 May 2025
  • Department for Education
• Apprenticeship funding rules
  • Detailed guide
  • 15 May 2025
  • Department for Education
• Apply to the APAR as an apprenticeship training provider
  • Detailed guide
  • 11 December 2024
  • Department for Education
• Transferring your apprenticeship levy to another business
  • Detailed guide
  • 22 April 2024
  • Department for Education
• Apprenticeship gateway and resits for end-point assessment (EPA)
  • Detailed guide
  • 26 January 2022
  • Department for Education

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News and communications

• Making our apprenticeship system simpler for employers, training providers and apprentices
  • 27 May 2022
  • Closed organisation: Education and Skills Funding Agency
  • News story
• Employers encouraged to sign up for apprentice cash boost
  • 1 September 2020
  • Department for Education
  • News story
• All employers in England to have better access to buy high quality apprenticeships
  • 16 May 2019
  • Closed organisation: Education and Skills Funding Agency
  • News story
• Apprenticeship service transition, acting on user feedback
  • 9 August 2018
  • Closed organisation: Education and Skills Funding Agency
  • News story
• Amanda Spielman's speech at the Association of Colleges Ofsted conference: 'A new direction'
  • 17 March 2017
  • Ofsted
  • Speech

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Research and statistics

• Exploring funding for apprentices with additional needs
  • 17 May 2018
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• Apprenticeship and levy statistics: March 2018
  • 29 March 2018
  • Department for Education
  • Official statistics
• Apprenticeship service registrations and commitments: August 2017
  • 5 October 2017
  • Department for Education and Closed organisation: Education and Skills Funding Agency
  • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Apprenticeship funding reform in England: payment mechanisms and funding principles
  • 13 January 2015
  • Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Department for Education
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 01 May 2014
• Apprenticeships funding reform in England
  • 6 March 2014
  • Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Department for Education
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 01 October 2013

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Distribution of 2014 to 2015 non-apprenticeship delivery
  • 6 May 2016
  • Closed organisation: Skills Funding Agency
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Department for Education

• Ofsted