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Apprenticeship funding: legal agreement for training providers

Training provider agreement with the Department for Education (DfE) to pay training providers to carry out apprenticeship training.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Education and Department for Work and Pensions
Published:
21 March 2017
Last updated:
23 July 2026
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  1. Updated the apprenticeship provider agreement and variation letter for July 2026.

  2. Updated the apprenticeship provider agreement and variation letter for January 2026.

  3. We have added the ESFA apprenticeship provider agreement and the variation letter which sets out the changes made to the agreement as part of the variation published in October 2024.

  4. We have updated the ESFA apprenticeship provider agreement which sets out the changes made to the agreement as part of the variation published in October 2023.

  5. We have updated the ESFA apprenticeship provider agreement and added the variation letter which sets out the changes made to the agreement as part of the variation published in February 2023.

  6. We have updated the ESFA apprenticeship agreement for training providers and published an accompanying schedule of changes.

  7. We have added an updated version of the apprenticeship agreement for training providers.

  8. We have added an updated version of the apprenticeship agreement for training providers.

  9. We have added an updated version of the apprenticeship agreement for training providers.

  10. We have added an updated version of the apprenticeship agreement for training providers.

  11. First published.

Applies to England

Documents

DfE apprenticeship provider agreement (July 2026)

PDF, 842 KB, 83 pages

DfE apprenticeship provider agreement variation letter (July 2026)

PDF, 164 KB, 9 pages

Details

This agreement sets out the terms for use of the apprenticeship service for training providers.

The variation letter sets out the changes made to the agreement as part of the variation published in July 2026.

Training providers that wish to work with employers choosing to access funding through the apprenticeship service will need to sign the agreement through the manage your education and skills funding service.

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