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Validation ruleConfirmed errorCross-cutting

The learner is not able to be funded for a level 7 apprenticeship because they are either over 21 or are under 25 and are not an apprentice care leaver or have an EHC plan.

This is wrong and needs correcting. It is not a judgement call.

Funding year2026–27Awaiting verificationReviewed19 September 2026See the sourcesReport an issue

In plain English

For level 7 apprenticeship standard programmes starting on or after 1 January 2026, then the learner must be 16-21 at the start of the aim or be an apprentice care leaver and be under 25 years old at the start of the aim or have an 'Education health care plan' and be under 25 years old at the start of the aim.

Why it matters

A record that fails this rule may be excluded from funding until the underlying data is corrected.

Most likely causes

Ranked, because in practice a few causes explain most cases.

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      Fields involved

      Learner.DateOfBirthLearningDelivery.LearnStartDateLearningDelivery.FundModelLearningDelivery.AimTypeLearningDelivery.ProgTypeLearningDelivery.StdCodeLearningDeliveryFAM.LearnDelFAMTypeLearningDeliveryFAM.LearnDelFAMCode

      How to investigate

        In your system

        These steps are system-neutral: they describe what has to be true in the data, which is the same whatever software your college runs. We do not publish supplier screen paths we have not verified, because menu locations differ by version and by local configuration, and a confidently wrong instruction is worse than none.

        System-neutral

        1. Read the official wording for this record in the source named below.
        2. Find the affected records in your own data using the fields listed.
        3. Trace each one back to the source system entry that produced it.
        4. Correct the cause in the source system rather than the generated file.

        Building your own map of where each of these lives in your system is the most useful induction document an MIS team can have. How to build one.

        How to fix it

          Stop this happening again

          Fixing the record clears this case. A control is what stops the next one, so each of these names what to do, who owns it and how often.