EPA gateway readiness checker.
Answer the gateway checks for one apprentice. Anything blocking gateway is shown with the action to take, and the progress review template helps you record it.
Ready for gateway?
Find what is blocking it.
Check one apprentice against the gateway requirements in the 2026 to 2027 funding rules. Each failed check shows what to do next. Nothing you enter leaves this browser.
Check an apprenticeFour steps to a gateway decision.
Enter the apprentice’s age
Age decides the English and maths requirement.
Enter off-the-job hours
Planned hours from the training plan and hours logged so far.
Answer the gateway checks
Minimum duration, KSB evidence, English and maths, employer view, EPAO and the assessment plan.
Fix what is blocking
Each failed check shows the action to take before gateway.
Answer for one apprentice.
A little more detail.
Enter the apprentice’s age at the start of the apprenticeship.
Enter the planned off-the-job hours from the training plan.
Also check the assessment plan for the standard. The employer, with the provider, makes the gateway decision.
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Gateway questions, answered.
Who decides the apprentice is ready for gateway?
The employer, with the provider, must be content the apprentice is ready (para 147).
What English and maths evidence is needed?
Apprentices aged 16 to 18 need achievement evidence (para 49). Apprentices aged 19 or over only need evidence they attempted the assessment if they opted in (para 50).
When should the EPAO be engaged?
Record the end-point assessment organisation in the ILR, and engage them at least 6 months before gateway (paras 143 and 145.1).
Must the apprentice still be employed?
Yes, until EPA is complete, unless they were made redundant (paras 148 and 148.1).
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) — English and maths (paras 49 and 50), minimum duration (para 77), EPA and gateway (paras 143 to 148).
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