Apprenticeships tailored to the development needs of your staff.
Learner Resource Manager Jonathan describes how his apprenticeship put him on the right track.
Jack feels more confident and can put his skills into practice.
It has definitely given me a lot more information, knowledge and skills, and has made me better at my job. It’s been an eye opener, learning all the skills needed to be able to provide the best support in my role.
Apprenticeships combine work with practical, on and off-the-job training and study.
An apprentice is employed, working alongside a mentor to gain the skills, knowledge and behaviours needed to be fully competent in their chosen occupation.
Anyone can become an apprentice at any age and benefit from government funding to support their apprenticeship. This applies whether they’re already employed in your school or not, and whether they are employed full or part-time.
Apprenticeships:
Your apprentice must:
Off-the-job training
All apprenticeships must include six hours off-the-job training minimum per week to reinforce practical, work-based learning with theory. It’s training received by the apprentice, during the apprentice’s regular working hours, for the purpose of achieving their apprenticeship. Contact us to find out more about what this entails and how it is implemented.
Download the apprenticeship journey.
In April 2017, the government changed the way it funds apprenticeships in England. Some employers are now required to contribute to an apprenticeship levy.
Schools with an annual pay bill of £3million pay the levy. Non-levy paying schools can utilise a rate of co-investment whereby the government pays 95% of the cost of eligible training.
If the employer of the staff in your school is a local authority, a governing body which controls more than one school, or a multi-academy trust (MAT) with an annual pay bill of more than £3 million, you may contribute to the levy through them. The annual levy allowance of £15,000 applies to the overall employer.
Employers who pay the levy can use funds to pay for training and assessment costs for apprentices only.
Funds in an apprenticeship service account will expire 24 months after they enter it if unspent. Funds expire on a month-by-month basis.
Voluntary-Aided and Foundation Schools: The governing body is the employer. If the governing body’s pay bill is more than £3 million then it will need to pay the levy.
Community and Voluntary-Controlled Schools: The local authority is the employer, and so is responsible for payment of the apprenticeship levy for schools under their control. Each local authority with a pay bill of over £3 million will pay the levy.
The local authority will advise its schools on whether they need to take account of the apprenticeship levy in their annual budgets. Schools should consider how to make use of the local authority’s levy funds. Local authorities, as the legal employers of staff in community and voluntary-controlled schools, have responsibility for making the necessary arrangements to provide schools with access to the relevant funds. It is in the best interests of schools and local authorities that this process is set out clearly between a local authority and their schools, so that levy funding is managed as effectively as possible. The Local Government Association is working with the Department for Education and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, to support this process and share best practice. Contact your local authority to find out about accessing levy funds.
Academies incl. Free Schools and Multi-Academy Trusts: The trust is generally the employer of all the academies’ staff. If the trust’s pay bill is more than £3 million then it will need to pay the levy.
If a school becomes a voluntary-aided school, foundation school, free school or academy part of the way through a tax year, the academy’s governing body or trust will be responsible for the apprenticeship levy from this point.
Some school employers (particularly local authorities and multi-academy trusts) may use a pooled PAYE scheme, which is where multiple employers use a single PAYE scheme to report PAYE information to HMRC.
Register for the apprenticeship levy.
Need help and advice? Contact Adam Docherty, Schools Business Manager on 07718 485875 or adam.docherty@ixionholdings.com.
As a national training provider, our experience, expertise and dedication to providing positive outcomes means we are best placed to provide apprenticeships for your business needs across a wide variety of departments within your organisation.
Organisational Needs Analysis
Working alongside you, we will jointly identify current training opportunities and facilitate future training needs.
Service-Level Agreement
We provide a service level agreement detailing our commitment to you as your Grade 1 Ofsted Outstanding Training provider.
Total Negotiated Price
The total price agreed between the employer and provider as the cost to the provider for delivery of the apprenticeship programme, to calculate government funding for apprenticeship programmes and to monitor apprenticeship programme costs.
paid into the levy pot by schools since its launch in 2017.
Source: Schools Week
to spend the apprenticeship levy
Source: Cebr
of employers believe hiring apprentices leads to a more motivated and satisfied workforce.
Source: National Apprenticeship Service
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