To be eligible for the incentives the apprentice must not have been employed by you within the six months leading up to their apprenticeship start date.
There is no limit on the number of incentive payments, and payments will be made directly to you in two equal instalments, where the apprentice is still in learning at 3 months (90 days) and 12 months (365 days).
With no upper limit to the number of incentive payments you can claim these payments are separated into two levels based on the age of the apprentice as set out below:
Age of apprentice | Newly hired employees | Current employees |
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(hired between 1st August 2020 and 21st January 2021) | (if going onto an apprenticeship) | |
16-18 | £2,000 + £1,000 | £1,000 |
19-24 who has previously been in Care or on an EHC plan | £2,000 + £1,000 | £1,000 |
19-24 | £2,000 | Not applicable |
25 and over | £1,500 | Not applicable |
Check out our guide to these incentives here.
We provide an apprentice recruitment service that supports you in finding quality candidates to join your business. Additional benefits this provides you with include:
You can now interview candidates remotely via our secure video interviewing software and we have moved our enrolment process fully online so that apprentices can get a full induction to their programme and your organisation with our Personal Tutors via Microsoft Teams.
We are also delivering the vast majority of our programmes via remote 1 to 1 sessions, workshops and via our Bud Learner Management System. Personal Tutors set work, track it and can even chat with learners through the Bud app to ensure progress is consistent throughout their programme.
All of your incentive payments will now be managed through the online Digital Apprenticeship System and the incentive payments for hiring a new apprentice will be claimed directly through this service with claims being accepted from 1 September. More information on this system can be found here.
Get in touch with your Account Manager, or email enquiries@pgon.co.uk for more information.
If you are keen for Paragon Skills to support your apprenticeship requirements, or simply want to find out more about our partnership approach to public sector apprenticeships please contact us at Publicsector@pgon.co.uk or call 0800 783 2545