Change of https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-funding-rules-and-assessment-plan-guidance-2026-to-2027

Change description : 2026-07-29 11:00:00: Added a paragraph explaining the version 3 changes to the landing page under the heading ‘Summary of changes’. Replaced PDF with ‘Apprenticeship funding rules: 2026 to 2027 (version 3)’.Amended the title for the web page to ‘Apprenticeship funding rules: summary of changes (version 3)’. On the page, we have amended the 2nd paragraph under the heading ‘Purpose’.We have added updates from version 3 to the ‘Employer Co-investment’ table and ‘Glossary’ table. [Guidance and regulation]

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Guidance

Apprenticeship funding rulesrules: and assessment plan guidance, 2026 to 2027

The rules employers and training providers must follow to get funding for training and assessing apprentices in England.

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
PublishedPublished:
22 April 2026
Last updatedupdated:
1529 July 2026 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Apprenticeship funding rules: summary of changes version(version 23)

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The 2026 to 2027 funding rules apply to apprenticeships starting between 1 August 2026 and 31 July 2027.

These rules apply to:

  • employers
  • employer-providers
  • main providers

There are different funding rules for different apprenticeship start dates. You must follow the funding rules that apply to each apprentice.

The guidance on the reforms to apprenticeship assessment is aimed at supporting employers, providers, and assessment organisations in understanding and applying the changes to apprenticeship assessment announced in February 2025.

Summary of changes

On 22 April 2026, we published Apprenticeshipthe funding rules, 2026 to 2027 Versionapprenticeship 1funding rules (version 1) and a summary of changes to make it easy to identify the differences between the 2025 to 2026 and 2026 to 2027 rules.

On 15 July 2026, we published Versionversion 2 of the rules. The summary of changes now includes the changes made in both Versionversion 1 and Versionversion 2.

On 29 July 2026, we published version 3 of the rules. The summary of changes now includes the changes made in version 1, version 2 and version 3 of the rules.

Further guidance

We have published the rules for other years separately.

Updates to this page

Published 22 April 2026
Last updated 1529 July 2026 — Show all updates

  1. Added a paragraph explaining the version 3 changes to the landing page under the heading 'Summary of changes'. Replaced PDF with 'Apprenticeship funding rules: 2026 to 2027 (version 3)'. Amended the title for the web page to 'Apprenticeship funding rules: summary of changes (version 3)'. On the page, we have amended the 2nd paragraph under the heading 'Purpose'. We have added updates from version 3 to the 'Employer Co-investment' table and 'Glossary' table.

  2. Published Version 2 of the Apprenticeship funding rules, 2026 to 2027. Updated the accompanying summary of changes to show the changes made between Version 1 and Version 2.

  3. Version 1 of the apprenticeship funding rules and a summary of changes have been added.

  4. Information added about the publishing of a new version of the funding rules.

  5. First published.

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Update history

2026-07-29 11:00
Added a paragraph explaining the version 3 changes to the landing page under the heading ‘Summary of changes’. Replaced PDF with ‘Apprenticeship funding rules: 2026 to 2027 (version 3)’.Amended the title for the web page to ‘Apprenticeship funding rules: summary of changes (version 3)’. On the page, we have amended the 2nd paragraph under the heading ‘Purpose’.We have added updates from version 3 to the ‘Employer Co-investment’ table and ‘Glossary’ table.

2026-07-15 09:30
Published Version 2 of the Apprenticeship funding rules, 2026 to 2027. Updated the accompanying summary of changes to show the changes made between Version 1 and Version 2.

2026-06-15 09:30
Version 1 of the apprenticeship funding rules and a summary of changes have been added.

2026-06-10 11:33
Information added about the publishing of a new version of the funding rules.

2026-04-22 09:00
First published.