Guidance
Completing and certifying apprenticeship frameworks
Information on the closure of apprenticeship frameworks for training providers, issuing authorities and apprentices on these frameworks.
Applies to England
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Apprenticeship frameworks must be completed by 31 March 2025 for the apprentice to get a certificate. The Department for Education will not support apprenticeship frameworks after this date.
Apprenticeship frameworks were withdrawn and replaced by apprenticeship standards in 2020. Previous guidance on the withdrawal of frameworks is available in the National Archives.
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Published 29 March 2023Last updated 4 September 2024 + show all updates
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Added further information about the closure of apprenticeship frameworks.
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First published.