Apprentice Restart - funding band increase

If it wasn't with you, then new band I'd have said? It's no different to someone who knows some stuff because they've worked in the area for a while?

Yeah, the band max applied should be based on your start date, and you don't need to include an original start date if the first period was at another provider.

Ohhh...... see the funding technical guidance guidance.

25. The funding band maximum, which applies at the start of the programme, will continue to apply for the duration of the programme regardless of any changes in price, provider or employer. If the apprentice changes pathway, framework or standard, then the funding band maximum on the date they change programme will apply.

Martin West Interesting! I missed that. How would they know? I guess they must automatically search through all the ILR data for this ULN/Standard combo, and find the earliest start date to apply the band max? 

Hi everyone

Thanks for your replies  - Interesting paragraph Martin

I would interpret this to be that if  any of these changes take place whilst  in learning then they don't apply,  rather than if they have withdrawn and returned some time later to restart the programme after these changes have already happened / been updated on provider systems....

Tracey

See also:

213. If the employer or provider changes, we will include any previous earnings for the apprenticeship at a previous employer or provider (based on the ULN) and will only fund up to the band maximum that applied at the start of the programme across all instances of that apprenticeship for that apprentice.

So it is a restart after a withdrawal on the same apprenticeship then it is the funding band that applied at the start and not restart.

HTH