This DfE page provides guidance on how the Department for Education may prevent apprenticeship providers and end-point assessment organisations from providing or assessing apprenticeships. The guidance for providers outlines how the DfE will respond when apprenticeship providers:
- Do not apply to join the apprenticeship provider and assessment register (APAR) by their deadline
- Breach an APAR condition of acceptance
- Apply to join the APAR and are unsuccessful
- Apply to join the APAR after being removed from it
The guidance for end-point assessment organisations (EPAOs) outlines:
- When DfE may remove or limit EPAOs’ right to assess apprenticeships
- How EPAOs can withdraw from assessing a particular standard
- When EPAOs may reapply to join the APAR after removal or withdrawal