future. We want it to become the norm for young people to choose between an apprenticeship and university as equally prestigious routes to a great career and secure finances.
Apprenticeships have increased at a record rate. More than 850,000 people were earning and learning on an apprenticeship in the 2013/14 academic year. And it’s easy to see why. Apprenticeships enable young people and adults to earn while they learn in a real job, gaining a real qualification, up to degree level, and a real future. There’s never been a better time to become an apprentice.” To start an apprenticeship , you need to be 16 or over, living in England and not in full-time education. All apprentices should work for at least 30 hours a week, except in exceptional circumstances. All apprenticeships must be at least 12 months duration and lead to the achievement of an apprenticeship standard.
The new Find an apprenticeship vacancy site, managed by the National Apprenticeship Service, enables people to search and apply for an apprenticeship anywhere in England.
For anyone receiving their results, and not sure what to do next, the National Careers Service offers free, confidential, expert advice to help young people make well informed choices, based on their individual circumstances.
Advisers are available on the phone on 0800 100 900 from 8am to 10pm seven days a week or online by searching for National Careers Service.
Why not take a look at the opportunities available through the CIPP payroll apprenticeship scheme .
Apprenticeships levy: employer owned apprenticeships training 21 August 2015
As announced in the Summer Budget, the government are introducing an apprenticeship levy and as such have published a consultation seeking views on how the levy should be paid and implemented.
The consultation proposes that the levy be calculated on the basis of employee earnings and for employers to pay the levy through their PAYE return to HMRC. It also asks:
how the levy should work for employers who operate across the whole of the UK how to make sure that employers paying the levy have the opportunity to get more out than they put in how best to give employers control of apprenticeships.
This consultation will run until 2 October 2015.
CIPP comment The Policy Team will be reviewing this consultation and will issue a survey to gather your views in due course.
CIPP survey: Consultation on apprenticeship levy 8 September 2015
Should the apprenticeship levy be collected through PAYE? Please take 5 minutes to share your views.
In the Summer Budget, the Government announced the introduction of a levy on large employers to help fund 3 million new, high quality apprenticeships
The Government wants to ensure that paying the levy is as straightforward as possible and therefore intends for the levy to be calculated on the basis of employee earnings and for employers to pay the levy through their PAYE return to HMRC.
The levy will apply to employers in all sectors, but only to larger employers. Details about how employers who are outside of the scope of the levy can access apprenticeships funding will be set out at a later date.
Last year the Government consulted on various options for reforming how apprenticeships should be funded. You were unequivocal in your response that funding through PAYE was not the answer.
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