The final amount of Government funding available for early years apprentices is capped at £2,500 for Level 3 and £2,000 for Level 2.
Yet the cost of training a childcare apprentice has been calculated to be around £8,000, with £7,426 currently available for a 16-18 year old Level 2 apprentice in a deprived area, including top-ups.
There has however been a u-turn on proposals to scrap the supplement for less well-off trainees, with providers to receive an extra £600 for training an apprentice living in the top 10 per cent of deprived areas.
And education secretary Justine Greening today announced an additional 20 per cent cash boost for training providers of 16- to 18- year-olds, over what was proposed in the consultation.
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