Martin Locock

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Skills Funding Service- apprenticeship requests/manage your apps

The Skills Funding Service Training Provider page used to provide access to apprenticeship requests and manage your apprentices but now it only shows ESFA contracts and agreement and Subcontractor ...

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Using MAYTAS to manage apprenticeship payments

We are in the process of implementing MAYAS and we are exploring whether we can use it to manage the complex financial information we have at apprentice level (overall cost, employer top-up/ non-le...

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Break in Learning: suspension of OTJ training

We have an apprentice whose academic OTJ learning has been suspended while an allegation of misconduct is considered.  They continue in their employment. The outcome of the allegation may result in...

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16-18 Employer incentive (apprenticeships) - date when applies?

The guidance simply says that if the apprentice is aged 16-18 then the incentive is paid.  I take this to mean their age on the date of the start of the apprenticeship, but I have a vague memory of...

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English and Maths funding for apprenticeships

We are an apprenticeship training provider that doesn't deliver Level 2 English and Maths and we need to subcontract a provider to deliver this part of an apprenticeship.  I have had a look at the ...

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Apprenticeship certificate - where is it sent?

On completion, is the apprenticeship certificate sent to the apprentice's home address, the employer, or the training provider? 

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ROATP offering a new standard

We are in the ROATP and are planning to deliver a new standard.  As far as I can see there is no requirement or process for us to apply to or inform  DFE - we can just go ahead.  Is that right?    

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Fixed term contract length - gateway or EPA?

If an apprentice is on a fixed-term contract, must it run to the gateway or the end of the EPA? Logically it's EPA but just wanted to check. 

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Employer merged with another company

We have an apprentice whose employing company has been bought by another company and merged.   Does this mean that they will need a new set of documentation, change to DAS etc?    

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OFSTED inspection of apprenticeship provision - Equality Act

OFSTED's Common Inspection Framework includes investigation whether the training provider is meeting its duties under the Equality Act. (By which I believe they mean to check whether we are monitor...