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Getting Started with Apprenticeships: A Quick Guide

Written by Tribal Group | Sep 25, 2025 1:15:32 PM

Apprenticeships delivery is a complex and heavily regulated area, with changing funding rules, Ofsted inspection, DfE funding assurance audit, and the Accountability framework being just some of the requirements providers need to understand.

Our Funding and Compliance team have created a simple guide to help providers who are new to apprenticeships understand the foundations for success, including which Department for Education tools you need to sign up to, ILR basics, Ofsted and audit.

This extract shows some of the essential steps covered in our full guide.

For detailed strategies, actionable compliance tips, and guidance on using tools like MAYTAS and PDSAT, our MAYTAS customers can access our full guide in Communities. To find out more about MAYTAS click here.  

If you found this guide helpful, look out for our upcoming guides on Apprenticeships and Safeguarding, Quality and Ofsted, and Preparing for R14.