Guidance

Apprenticeships: common funding rules

The rules that apply to all apprenticeship provision funded by the SFA. This document forms part of the Funding Rules 2016 to 2017.

• From: Skills Funding Agency and Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Published: 28 January 2016
• Last updated: 28 April 2017 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 28 February 2020

This page has been withdrawn as it is out of date. You can find the latest apprenticeship funding rules on GOV.UK.

Applies to England

Documents

Apprenticeships: common funding and performance-management rules 2016 to 2017

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Details

The rules apply to all providers of education and training who receive apprenticeship funding from the Skills Funding Agency (SFA). These are the funding rules for all apprenticeship frameworks and standards, including those delivered by higher education institutions.

This suite of documents and the principles and rules they contain are part of the terms and conditions of funding and must be read with the other contract documents.

These include the following.

• Skills Funding Agency: common funding rules
• apprenticeship framework funding rules
• apprenticeship standards funding rules

Published 28 January 2016
Last updated 28 April 2017 + show all updates

1. 28 April 2017

   Updated apprenticeships: common funding and performance-management rules 2016 to 2017.

2. 2 February 2017

   Version 4 of the apprenticeships: common funding and performance-management rules 2016 to 2017 published.

3. 1 July 2016

   We have now published version 3 of the apprenticeships: common funding rules 2016 to 2017.

4. 23 March 2016

   We have now published Version 2 of the Funding Rules 2016 to 2017. We have updated these based on your feedback, which we have used to clarify some of our content. These documents set out the rules for funding, including the evidence required to support funding for 2016 to 2017. These rules will apply from 1 August 2016.

5. 28 January 2016

   First published.