Guidance

Apprenticeships: off-the-job training

How employers and training providers should meet the off-the-job training requirements for an apprenticeship

From:

Department for Work and Pensions

Published:

26 June 2017

Last updated:

4 August 2026

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4 August 2026
Updated the off-the-job training documents to align with the 2026 to 2027 apprenticeship funding rules.
19 October 2023
We've updated the off-the-job training documents to reflect the 2023 to 2024 apprenticeship funding rules.
11 October 2022
We have updated the off-the-job training: guide.
10 August 2022
We've updated the off-the-job materials on this page to align with the 22/23 apprenticeship funding rules.
13 September 2019
We've updated the off-the-job materials. The guide, commitment statement, flowchart, and mythbuster have all been updated.
3 April 2019
We have published a revised off-the-job training guide and commitment statement template. We have also added a link to a survey to help us understand the availability of off-the-job training information and how the policy is working in practice.
29 March 2019
Updated the off-the-job guidance attachement - In response to feedback since this document was issued on Friday 22 March 2019, paragraph 69 and Annex A are redacted and under review, in relation to the use of 30 hours. Providers should continue to work to the apprenticeship funding rules and not change any training plans with learners. We will publish a further update next week.
22 March 2019
The off-the-job training guidance document has been updated which provides the policy context and some best-practice examples around off-the-job training. A commitment statement template has been added to this page. The new template has been produced following requests from a number of training providers, particularly those that are new to delivering apprenticeships.
26 June 2017
First published.