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How to practically implement the new 2025-26 Apprenticeship Funding Rules
2025-06-02 10:00 - 2025-07-28 11:00 (Europe/London) | Online
With an early release of the new apprenticeship funding rules (2025/26) due to be published in May, join us for our annual business-critical webinar series – now in three parts to help you plan for the changes and understand the practical actions you will need to take across your organisation.

That’s where we do a lot of thinking for you. Using the stages of the learner journey, this 3-part webinar series will walk through the updates, what it means operationally for different teams along the way, where new risks might arise and practical ways you can mitigate them. It will also include the latest critical changes to the functional skills implementation, new minimum durations as well as clarifications to 25/26 rules.

We’ll also give you a detailed “Changes Action Plan”, setting out all the key changes and actions you need to take across different teams.

Session 1 – Laying the ground (2nd June, 10.00am-10.45am)

After the DfE’s announcement that there will be no draft funding rules this year, we have added this additional webinar to our funding rules series – at no extra charge – to help you lay the best foundations for August implementation

Following the first release of the first version of the funding rules in May, this session will cover the headline changes and start the process of preparing for change.

Break down each of the funding rule changes
Explore the impact for independent providers, universities, colleges, and employer providers
Identify key risks across your organisation

Session 2 – Detailed implementation (3 July, 10.00am-1pm)

Having consolidated the rules and developed models of best practice, for change this session will explore:

How the funding rule changes will impact on the learner journey:
o Pre-entry
o Entry
o On-programme
o Gateway and end-point assessment
o Progression
Specific changes you will need to make to your ILR and funding administration and management
Practical adaptions you will need to make to your systems, processes and templates
Q&A
We will issue a detailed implementation action plan to work through with this session

Session 3 – Supporting change (28th July, 10.00am-11.00am)

Taking account of any further clarifications and further examples of best practice, this Q&A session will include quality perspectives on the changes as well as the opportunity to get best practice answers to your questions

Updates and clarifications
Quality perspectives
Q&A

About your session

The session will be facilitated by David Lockhart-Hawkins, SDN’s compliance and funding expert who has supported hundreds of providers in their apprenticeship journey including some of the UK’s largest, highest quality, specialist and new providers.
David’s in-depth understanding of curriculum design and quality, as well as funding, gives him a unique insight into the practical implications of funding rule changes.

This session is designed for apprenticeship providers – compliance and operational staff, quality managers, and leaders overseeing the impact on the apprenticeship delivery journey.

“This was excellent. You feel that an awful lot of work has gone into producing this, packed with helpful content, guidance and experience. Thank you so much!”

“I will be recommending colleagues to sign up to training alerts. Really looking forward to attending other sessions.”

“Very useful – as always. Thorough and detailed, with great slides to support.”

“It was very clear that a large amount of time and effort has gone into the preparation of today’s event – and that is why SDN is my first choice for webinars.”

“Excellent coverage, well planned and organised with clear expertise in the funding rules”

– Event attendees

Booking and payment:

You can either attend the live sessions or be sent the recording and materials if you prefer to review them in your own time.

If you’re a public sector body (e.g. Local Authority), and unable to book via card, please email us. When you make a booking, you agree to these Terms and Conditions (including those who request a booking via email and invoice)

SDN CPD is designed for Government funded Training Providers. If you’re not a Government funded Training Provider but are still interested in attending please email events@strategicdevelopmentnetwork.co.uk to discuss your attendance in more detail before booking.

Building Confidence and Tackling the “Anti-Maths Mindset”
2025-06-17 10:00 - 11:00
Overview
This webinar focuses on general strategies (rather than specific maths content) to engage students and improve maths outcomes. It encourages maths-related delivery across vocational areas and tutorials based around topical and contextualised material.

Objectives
This webinar will help delegates to:

Recognise the key principles of the maths mastery approach and identify how these can be translated into a delivery strategy at your organisation;
Develop a strategy for raising the profile of maths across college and increase collaboration between departments;
Identify the causes and symptoms of maths anxiety, and plan and deliver lessons that support learners with maths anxiety.
The session will suggest some strategies for streamlining maths delivery and signpost resources and schemes of work. It will highlight the importance of cross-college collaboration, and consider how to address the challenges of maths anxiety in the classroom.

It is intended that learners receive a consistent message regarding the importance of maths, and a fresh approach that presents a contrast to previous negative experiences. Learners with maths anxiety will be given support to achieve and ultimately to reduce their anxiety.

Facilitator
Sam Edwards, Pick ME Consulting

Click here to register or to find out more information.
