Trans gender apprentice

It is only the legal sex of the learner that is recorded in the ILR, you may record additional data on your MI system but this is not reported on the ILR.

You will need to use legal sex and name: 

The ILR specification says to record the legal sex of the learner.

Given names:

• The name recorded in the ILR should be the same as the one used for the LRS. A verification report will check for consistency between the ULN recorded in the ILR and the LRS.

The LRS guidance on names is:

13.2 Names

Always use the learner’s legal name and not nicknames, as these can be recorded in ‘Preferred Given Name’.

I don't think there's *really* a precise point where someone transitions is there?

Neither is there *really* a legal name, a name is what someone wants to be called (this isn't a "freeman of the land" thing or anything, there really isn't any proper requirement legally).

My usual advice in these circumstances is to explain to the learner that there will be a certificate that will be produced when they're finished and do they want it to have their new name on if the dates won't tie with eg what their passport says at that point, for when they might want/need to present it to future employers?

I'm pretty sure ESFA don't care.

(also, congratulations to your learner!)

Thanks for all the comments and advice, gratefully received and helpful as always :)