Allocating apprenticeship funding bands
How Skills England sets the amount of funding employers can use to fund an individual apprenticeship.
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All apprenticeships are allocated to one of 30 funding bands, which range from £1,500 to £27,000.
Each funding band sets the maximum amount of digital funds an employer (who pays The Apprenticeship Levy) can use towards an individual apprenticeship. The funding band also sets the maximum price that government will co-invest towards an individual apprenticeship, where an employer does not pay the levy, or has insufficient digital funds, and is eligible for extra government support.
Find out more about The Apprenticeship Levy and spending apprenticeship funds.
Funds can only be used to pay for apprenticeship training and assessment for approved Growth and Skills Levy products.
For apprenticeships only, where a band is allocated, employers are expected to negotiate with training providers and assessment organisations (AOs) an appropriate price to deliver the necessary training and assessment. If the costs of training and assessment agreed between the employer and training provider are more than the funding band, employers need to pay the difference with other funds.
Details about which costs can be funded are set out in the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) apprenticeship funding rules.