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Staff apprenticeships - Choosing a provider

Preliminary steps

Prior to offering an apprenticeship, there are some key preliminary steps to be followed by the hiring or line manager:

There are four levels of apprenticeship funding bands (as defined by www.gov.uk )

Name Level Equivalent Educational Level
Intermediate 2 5 GCSE passes at A* to C
Advanced 3 2 A level passes
Higher 4, 5, 6 or 7 Foundation Degree
Degree 6 or 7 Bachelor of masters degree

When appointing a 3rd party Training Provider organisation (registered on the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers) they will have overall responsibility for the training and on-programme assessement (conducted by themselves or their sub-contractors) as well as the apprenticeship end-point assessment (conducted by a separate organisation).

As well as containing on-programme training and assessment, all apprenticeship standards must contain an end-point assessment. A 3rd party Independent Assessment Organisation must be involved in the end-point assessment of each apprentice so that all apprentices following the same standard are assessed consistently. The apprentice will not be able to achieve the apprenticeship without passing the end-point assessment. Training Providers may have existing relationships with assessment organisations, but it is the manager’s responsibility to ensure that an assessment organisation is engaged as part of the apprenticeship contract process

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