funded training

You can get help from the government to pay for apprenticeship training.

The amount you get depends on whether you pay the apprenticeship levy or not. You pay the levy if you’re an employer with a pay bill with over £3 million each year.

If you do not need to pay the levy you pay 5% towards the cost of training and assessing your apprentice. 

You need to agree a payment schedule with the training provide and pay them directly for the training

The government will pay the rest (95%) up to the funding band maximum. They’ll pay it directly to the training provider.