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Current audit criteria for apprenticeship agreement states:
There must be a valid apprenticeship agreement signed by the employer and apprentice at the start of, and for the duration of, the apprenticeship programme that meets the criteria.
As for the rest, it's definitely best practice to get them signed on/before, but the rules are slightly more vague on the subject and say:
P56.3 The training plan must be agreed before any training is delivered (see paragraph P57.6.3)
This suggests that, depending on your interpretation, if you had some other kind of 'evidenced' agreement of the training plan in lieu of signatures that it 'might' be fine. That said, a week or so here or there and you'd probably be alright, with a good enough excuse.
Andrew Dickens
Signature dates on Training plans
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Hi,
Here is one I'm never 100% clear on. If a learner was signed up & did first day of learning (evidenced) today (21st) and the enrolment paperwork and training plan stated 21st, but form wasn't signed by one of the parties (learner/employer) until 25th would we need to change the start date on ILR/paperwork to 25th? or given it is both within a few days and in month would it be ok?
Obviously, the flexibility in next years funding rules is there, but not 100% clear where it leaves us this year.
Thanks