Apprenticeship Assessment Reform Dates

Hmmm, sort of feel like it's a bit the other way round? So the Practical Period end date (and, therefore, Planned End in the ILR) is still when they're going to finish learning, it's just that there's no later date on the App Agreement for Expected EPA date (which has never been recorded in the ILR anyway)? They've already changed the Validation Rules so AchDate no longer has to be seven days after ActEndDate anyway, so, absent any other guidance, I think it's fine to have the Expected EPA Date as the same as the Practical Period End Date on the App Agreement?

I agree with Steve, but it is an interesting topic that we all need to consider. The practical period Planned and Actual End Dates will still refer to last day of learning regardless, no change there. The "Apprenticeship End Date" was never an ILR field, just in the Apps rules. It may impact on agreement extensions needed when apprentices go past the agreed Apprenticeship End Date (which could now be the same as the practical period Planned End Date).

Thanks Steve and Ruth. This is what internally we had discussed and come to the conclusion on anyway so our relevant programmes will be the full duration - suppose the immediate change for this funding wise is that for those standards under the assessment reform there won't be that "gap" in funding anymore between gateway and completion with monthly on-programme payments just being slightly less. QAR's will align to achievements a little better too especially for those that might come in a little earlier but their PED was in the following funding year.