Ben James
Apprenticeships Regulatory Officer in at an HE institution. Previously worked in FE Apprenticeships for 10 years at the CITB.
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Ben James commented,
Curious. Are the payments for the learner(s) showing...
Curious. Are the payments for the learner(s) showing on your Apps Monthly Payment Report? If so, I wouldn't necessarily worry to be honest. As to whether you need to record what you've received on ...

Ben James commented,
Similar over here. Currently have 7 learners on a Br...
Similar over here. Currently have 7 learners on a Break according to our ILR, but 27 according to the dashboard. Have checked a good portion of the returns and all of the requisite indicators/dates...

Ben James commented,
Page 6-8 of the technical specification will confirm...
Page 6-8 of the technical specification will confirm this in more detail - Apprenticeship qualification achievement rates technical specification 2021 to 2022 (publishing.service.gov.uk) In short t...

Ben James commented,
Does this help? ILR Funding Reports 2020 to 2021 (pu...
Does this help? ILR Funding Reports 2020 to 2021 (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Ben James commented,
Can't see why you shouldn't. It reflects the reality...
Can't see why you shouldn't. It reflects the reality of the situation, which complies with data management principle 1: The data you record on the ILR must accurately reflect the journey for the l...

Ben James commented,
If you’ve downloaded/installed the MS SQL server tha...
If you’ve downloaded/installed the MS SQL server that it suggests above, then try replacing what you’ve typed with (localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB

Ben James commented,
Definitely don't change the planned hours. Providing...
Definitely don't change the planned hours. Providing the number of hours they've completed meets 20% of the actual duration, you'll be fine. You'll need to write/have signed a statement detailing a...

Ben James commented,
Hopefully? As Steve rightly mentioned, the BIL retur...
Hopefully? As Steve rightly mentioned, the BIL return would also need to have been processed correctly for it to link the 2 periods of training together, otherwise it'll just see it as a 'new' prog...
Ben James commented,
What you've described works as far as the ILR is con...
What you've described works as far as the ILR is concerned; it was how I did it (see: here). However, the ESFA said that whilst they were accepting of what I'd done as a one-off, it was not in what...