Glossary
Apprenticeship
A job with training, where the apprentice works for an employer and follows an approved standard leading to end-point assessment.
In full
An apprenticeship is a genuine job combined with structured training. The apprentice is employed, follows an approved standard, spends a required proportion of their time on training away from their normal duties, and is assessed at the end by an independent assessment organisation.
Funding follows a price negotiated with the employer, capped at the funding band maximum for the standard, and is drawn from the employer's levy funds or through co-investment.
The rules behind this
An apprenticeship is funded against a price negotiated between the employer and the provider, capped by the funding band maximum for the apprenticeship standard. Any amount above the band maximum is paid by the employer and is not funded.
Where this comes up
module
Apprenticeship funding: price, band, service and evidence
A price negotiated with each employer, capped by the band maximum, paid monthly with a completion element, and dependent on the ILR and the apprenticeship service agreeing.
diagnostic
An apprentice is on the ILR but is not generating any payments
The apprentice exists on the ILR and looks correct, but no earnings are being generated for them. Apprenticeship funding depends on the ILR and the apprenticeship service agreeing, so a record that is perfect in one and absent or different in the other produces nothing.
scenario
An apprentice changes employer mid-programme
An apprentice moves to a new employer and wants to continue the same apprenticeship. Several records have to change together.
scenario
An apprentice goes on long-term sick leave
An apprentice is signed off work indefinitely. Deciding between a break in learning and a withdrawal is a funding, performance and evidence decision all at once.
scenario
An employer agrees a price above the band maximum
A negotiated price sits above the funding band maximum for the standard. Who pays the difference, and what is recorded?
module
Building a funding map for your college
A funding map sets out every stream a college receives, how each is earned, when it reconciles and what data drives it. It is the fastest way for a finance or leadership newcomer to become useful.
Sources
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