Break in learning or withdrawal?
Pick what happened and answer a few questions. The tool shows the outcome, the rule it rests on and what to record in the ILR.
Break or withdrawal?
Answer two or three questions.
When an apprentice stops, loses their job or pauses, the funding rules decide what you record. Pick what happened and follow the questions to the outcome and the paragraphs behind it.
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Pick what happened
Stopped training, job loss, redundancy, a pause, or wage problems.
Answer the follow-up question
Each answer narrows down the rule that applies.
Read the outcome
See whether to continue, record a break or withdraw, with the paragraphs it rests on.
Update the ILR
Record the break, return or withdrawal promptly.
What has happened?
Answer the question.
The outcome appears here with the paragraphs it rests on.
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Breaks and withdrawals, explained.
Is annual leave a break in learning?
No. Annual leave, public holidays, short absences and August for term-time contracts are never breaks (para 308).
When must a break be recorded?
When no active off-the-job learning is planned for 3 calendar months on front-loaded or block release models, or 1 calendar month on all other models (para 307).
What date goes in the ILR for a withdrawal?
The last date you have evidence of learning (paras 300 to 305).
Can a redundant apprentice finish?
Yes, if they are within 6 months of the end or 75% or more through the practical period (paras 312 to 316).
Check the source. Keep the context.
Rules checked: . This is Journey’s planning explanation of the published material, not official guidance. The official documents take precedence if they change.
- Apprenticeship funding rules 2026 to 2027, version 3 (DWP) — minimum wage (paras 75 and 76), withdrawals (paras 300 to 305), breaks and changes of employer (paras 306 to 311) and redundancy (paras 312 to 316).
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