Levy Funding and how it works

Levy

If your school pays into a levy account through your PAYE, this will be used to pay for your apprentice’s training. If you are unsure of how to access your levy account, ACL will support with this process.

Non-Levy

If your school is a non-levy employer (payroll bill of less than £3mil per annum), you will pay 5% towards the cost of the apprentices’ training and the Government will fund the rest however, if the apprentice is under 19 years of age, you will not have to pay for any of their training (if you employ less than 50 people).

Levy Transfer

ACL can also support you to secure levy transfer which would negate the need for you to pay the 5% co-investment if applicable.

What is a levy transfer?

Apprenticeships can be funded by a levy paying (large) employer who are able to transfer up to 25% of their unused levy to a different employer to utilise.

These transferred funds can be used to pay for 100% of the training and assessment costs of the apprenticeship up to the funding band maximum. The transferred funds cover the cost of the whole duration of the apprenticeship.

ACL Essex will help and support with all levy processes and will be happy to explain in greater details depending on your schools circumstances such as Voluntary Aided and Voluntary Controlled settings.

For more information please visit our website aclessex.com/employer or contact us 03330 139 502 or email ECCtrainingforschools@essex.gov.uk