Privately Funded Apprenticeship -

The joy of a privately funded app is there is effectively nothing to comply with! ESFA only care if you're having some of their money. Just set up as usual in the ILR but use Funding Model 99.

Hi,

Just following on from the above - if the employer is paying for the apprenticeship is this private funding or other?  If the apprenticeship is privately funded, does the apprentice receive an apprenticeship certificate?

Thanks

If you are not drawing down Levy/ESFA funding *at all* that's what we mean by Private Funding.

Annoyingly, in order for the learner to receive the apprenticeship certificate, they need to be in the ILR but set to Funding Model 99.

Hi Steve Hewitt/Martin West

Can I also check, does the apprenticeship need to do FS/OTJ at all in this situation?

Yes and follow all the funding rules excepting for financial elements.

Yes, because they need to meet the legal definition of an apprenticeship to be signed off by the EPAO, it's just ESFA won't audit it like the ones they're paying for.

Many thanks for info above, however we are getting an ILR error when we add EPAO, but don't have corresponding TNP1 & 2... Do we need to take EPAO out (and if we do will they still be able to  issue Cert upon achievement?) Also they will not be on TAS..is this an issue? Grateful for help..