# Apprenticeships for employers

> How Excellence-Solutions helps employers recruit and train staff with funded apprenticeships: choosing the course, funding checks and support to the end.

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Last updated: 2026-10-29

Apprenticeships let you train new recruits or develop the people you already employ, while they work. We help you choose the right apprenticeship, check your funding and support your apprentice from start to finish.

## Government-funded training

Government funding can cover most of the cost of apprenticeship training in England, up to a maximum for each course. Funding applies only when the employer, the apprentice and the training meet the government’s eligibility requirements. Where they do:

- For eligible apprentices aged 16 to 24, the government can pay 100% of the cost of training and assessment.
- For other eligible apprentices, employers that do not pay the apprenticeship levy contribute 5% and the government pays 95%.
- Employers that pay the levy use the funds in their apprenticeship service account.

Funding rules can change. We check eligibility with you and your apprentice before you commit, so you know what you will pay.

Read the government’s guidance: [Get funding for apprenticeship training](https://www.gov.uk/employing-an-apprentice/get-funding) (GOV.UK).

## How we work with you

1. Tell us about the role and what you need from it.
2. We match the apprenticeship standard that fits the role.
3. We help with the funding checks and paperwork.
4. Your apprentice trains online in one-to-one sessions with a dedicated tutor and mentor, arranged around your business priorities.
5. We review progress with you and your apprentice through to the end-point assessment.

## Recruit new talent or develop your team

Apprenticeships work for new recruits and for people you already employ. Both of our apprenticeship brands support both.

- **Elvante** trains new and existing staff in AI and automation for sales, management and administration roles, and in multi-channel marketing and content creation. [Visit Elvante](https://elvante.co.uk)
- **Lanvey** trains new staff and develops existing teams in dental, early years and adult care. For example, the level 4 oral health practitioner apprenticeship upskills existing dental nurses, the level 5 early years lead practitioner apprenticeship develops experienced practitioners, and the level 4 and 5 adult care apprenticeships develop current care staff. [Visit Lanvey](https://lanvey.co.uk)

See the full list of [apprenticeship courses](https://excellence-solutions.org/apprenticeships/) we deliver.

## What employers and Ofsted say

> “Employers value the readiness of apprentices to take on greater responsibility.”
> 
> Ofsted inspection report, April 2026

Ofsted also found that most apprentices typically secure permanent employment with their current employer. Employers rated us Good on the Department for Education’s [Find apprenticeship training](https://findapprenticeshiptraining.apprenticeships.education.gov.uk/providers/10043389) service (6 reviews, August 2025 to July 2026).

[Talk to us about an apprenticeship](https://excellence-solutions.org/contact/)

[See our Ofsted results](https://excellence-solutions.org/quality/)

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