Guidance

Apprenticeships: off-the-job training

How employers and training providers should meet the off-the-job training requirements for an apprenticeship

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Published: 26 June 2017
• Last updated: 19 October 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Off-the-job training: guide

PDF, 583 KB, 55 pages

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Apprenticeship training plan template

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Off-the-job training: steps to help you determine whether an activity counts as off-the-job training

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Off-the-job training: myth busters

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Off-the-job training: evidence collection template

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Off-the-job training calculator

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Details

These documents support the 2023 to 2024 apprenticeship funding rules.

Published 26 June 2017
Last updated 19 October 2023 + show all updates

1. 19 October 2023

   We've updated the off-the-job training documents to reflect the 2023 to 2024 apprenticeship funding rules.

2. 11 October 2022

   We have updated the off-the-job training: guide.

3. 10 August 2022

   We've updated the off-the-job materials on this page to align with the 22/23 apprenticeship funding rules.

4. 13 September 2019

   We've updated the off-the-job materials. The guide, commitment statement, flowchart, and mythbuster have all been updated.

5. 3 April 2019

   We have published a revised off-the-job training guide and commitment statement template. We have also added a link to a survey to help us understand the availability of off-the-job training information and how the policy is working in practice.

6. 29 March 2019

   Updated the off-the-job guidance attachement - In response to feedback since this document was issued on Friday 22 March 2019, paragraph 69 and Annex A are redacted and under review, in relation to the use of 30 hours. Providers should continue to work to the apprenticeship funding rules and not change any training plans with learners. We will publish a further update next week.

7. 22 March 2019

   The off-the-job training guidance document has been updated which provides the policy context and some best-practice examples around off-the-job training. A commitment statement template has been added to this page. The new template has been produced following requests from a number of training providers, particularly those that are new to delivering apprenticeships.

8. 26 June 2017

   First published.