New funding rates for functional skills English and maths will be brought forward to January 2024, the government’s director for apprenticeships has announced.
Kate Ridley-Moy told today’s Association of Employment and Learning Providers’ conference the Department for Education will fast-track the uplift after originally planning to introduce it at the start of the 2024/25 academic year.
From January, all apprentices who have not gained their level 2 English and maths qualification will have their funding lifted to match the adult education budget – moving the rate up by 54 per cent from £471 to £724 increase.
It will, however, only apply to new starters and not those already on programme.
