Apprenticeship reform – A Re-Cap

Spencer Moore Development Director

The Government Statement;

“Use it or Lose it”This is for you as an employer to take this opportunity to create, develop and run employer led programmes that suit your business, focuses on career progression and staff retention, and overall the delivers best service delivery to the client

Apprenticeship changes

• Employer led apprenticeship standard• End point assessment• Funding

–Levy–Co-investment

• Role of the employer• Role of the training provider

National Apprenticeship Service

Hand Up!4I am Aware - i.e. I know about the changes to apprenticeships but I don’t know what I need to do

I Understand the changes i.e. I know what I need to do but have not

started yet

I am Planning my apprenticeship programme but have not finalised

details yet

I am ready to go, I am Active and waiting for 6th April 2017!

One role, “two sides of A4”

Example: personal trainer

KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING • BEHAVIOURS • SKILLS

The Apprenticeship standard – developed by employers

Delivery and end point assessment

• Employers will develop an appropriate training package that meets the standard with the aim of getting the apprentice ready for the end point assessment

• Employers may use registered an external training provider to support them on the design and delivery of this or may to do it “in house”

• Any fees for this will be negotiated between the employer and training provider• Once the employer and training provider feel the apprentices is ready they will

be put forward for end point assessment• The Employer will contact a registered end point assessment agency and

agree a fee for the end point assessment.• How this is funded depends on if you are an apprenticeship levy payer or not

National Apprenticeship Service

Key features: Apprenticeship levy7

National Apprenticeship Service

Non levy payers and co-InvestmentTwo types of employers:

1.Employers who haven’t paid the levy

2.A levy-paying employer with insufficient funds

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Non Levy Paying Employers

• No need to use the Apprenticeship Service until at least 2018 – but by 2020

• From 1st May choose apprenticeships you want to use• Choose a register training provider• 10% ‘Cash’ contribution to a provider• non-levy paying employers will continue to negotiate and

agree their apprenticeship programme

Levy Paying Employers

• Register for your digital account 31st March!• Using their Government Gateway ID, PAYE scheme details

and Companies House number or equivalent. • Access funds from 1st May• manage funding and apprentices, view account balance

and plan spending• Stop or pause

What you can spend apprenticeship funding on – all employers

• Funds in your apprenticeship service account, and funding provided by the government through co-investment, can only be used towards the costs of apprenticeship training and end point assessment. This must be with an approved training provider and assessment organisation.

• It can’t be used on other costs associated with your apprentices or wider training efforts. For example wages, statutory licences to practise, travel and subsidiary costs, managerial costs, traineeships, work placement programmes or the costs of setting up an apprenticeship programme

A Training Providers Perspective

Nigel Wallace

An Employer Provider View

Mac Cleves