Funding Tracker
Track changes to apprenticeship funding bands, standard revisions, and policy updates that affect training provision.
5 updates
CRITICALFunding Band
Funding band decrease: Business Administrator (Level 3)
£5,000 → £4,500 — 10% reduction based on updated delivery cost analysis
1 Apr 2026
CRITICALPolicy
Co-investment rate reduced to 3% for SMEs
The employer co-investment rate for non-levy paying SMEs has been reduced from 5% to 3%, effective April 2026
1 Apr 2026
IMPORTANTRevision
Standard revised: Data Analyst (Level 4) — Version 2.0
Updated duties and knowledge requirements to include modern data engineering tools and AI-assisted analysis techniques
1 Jun 2026
CRITICALFunding Band
Funding band increase: Software Developer (Level 4)
£18,000 → £22,000 — 22% increase effective from April 2026
1 Apr 2026
INFORMATIONALPolicy
Skills England assumes full oversight of apprenticeship standards
Responsibility for apprenticeship standard approval and review has transferred from IfATE to Skills England as of January 2026