Apprenticeship Levy Diagnostic

This impartial Apprenticeship Levy Diagnostic allows you to think through your current situtation and plans in light of the apprenticeship levy.

The information you provide will allow the ZHQ-SDN team to draw together a free impartial personalised report, setting out recommendations and actions you can take as a business. Alongside the report, we are happy to set up a free call to chat through the report findings and recommendations, and give you chance to consider your next steps.

All information you provide us will be kept in the strictest confidence by SDN-ZHQ and no response will be passed onto any third party. Any questions about the diagnostic can be directed to Simon Shaw (ZHQ) on: simon@zhqltd.com

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* 1. Which of the following areas are critical at the moment to your organisation’s success? Tick relevant items in the list; add your own if you have other areas in mind.

Attraction

Recruitment

Workforce development

Retention

Innovation

Culture change

Productivity and performance

Succession planning

Quality

Other (please specify)

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* 2. How would you describe your organisation’s attitude to investing in workforce development at the moment? Tick one item in the list; feel free to add your own if none of them fits.

Neutral – neither supportive nor unsupportive

Hopeful – think it can probably help but not sure how

Knowledgeable – know how to get the best from developing people

Sceptical – doubtful that it will be much help

Committed – keen to make it work and explore the options

Other (please specify)

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* 3. How many people does your organisation employ in the UK, approximately?

50-99

100-249

250-999

1,000-4,999

5,000-9,999

10,000-49,000

More than 50,000

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* 4. How much a year does your organisation pay to the apprenticeship levy, approximately?

£1 - £19,999

£20,000-£49,000

£50,000 - £99,999

£100,000 - £249,999

£250,000- £999,999

£1 million- £1.9 million

£2 million - £4.9 million

Over £5 million

Don’t know

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* 5. How far down the road is your organisation in making the levy operable? Score yourselves on each of the following items. 4 = already done this, 3 = started doing it, 2 = plan to do it but not yet started, 4 = haven’t thought about it yet

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Create an ‘internal market’ for apprenticeships in the organisation	Create an ‘internal market’ for apprenticeships in the organisation 1	Create an ‘internal market’ for apprenticeships in the organisation 2	Create an ‘internal market’ for apprenticeships in the organisation 3	Create an ‘internal market’ for apprenticeships in the organisation 4
Encourage managers to welcome apprenticeship programmes	Encourage managers to welcome apprenticeship programmes 1	Encourage managers to welcome apprenticeship programmes 2	Encourage managers to welcome apprenticeship programmes 3	Encourage managers to welcome apprenticeship programmes 4
Direct levy funding to appropriate groups of people	Direct levy funding to appropriate groups of people 1	Direct levy funding to appropriate groups of people 2	Direct levy funding to appropriate groups of people 3	Direct levy funding to appropriate groups of people 4
Manage apprenticeships effectively	Manage apprenticeships effectively 1	Manage apprenticeships effectively 2	Manage apprenticeships effectively 3	Manage apprenticeships effectively 4
Report on them to demonstrate value for money	Report on them to demonstrate value for money 1	Report on them to demonstrate value for money 2	Report on them to demonstrate value for money 3	Report on them to demonstrate value for money 4
Channel operational learning and development efforts towards apprenticeships	Channel operational learning and development efforts towards apprenticeships 1	Channel operational learning and development efforts towards apprenticeships 2	Channel operational learning and development efforts towards apprenticeships 3	Channel operational learning and development efforts towards apprenticeships 4
Put the levy on departmental P&L sheets	Put the levy on departmental P&L sheets 1	Put the levy on departmental P&L sheets 2	Put the levy on departmental P&L sheets 3	Put the levy on departmental P&L sheets 4

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* 6. Has your organisation signed an ‘Apprenticeship Agreement for Employers’ with the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) to pay training providers to carry out apprenticeship training?

Yes

Don’t know

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* 7. Would you like to know more about what the Agreement is for and why levy-paying organisations must sign it before they can start using the levy?

Yes

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* 8. Would it help to know more about who is eligible to be on an apprenticeship and use levy funds?

Yes

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* 9. Would it help to know more about what apprenticeships are available and which job roles they cover?

Yes

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* 10. You may know that unspent funds will start to be removed from your levy account from April 2019. Would it help to have some advice about how your organisation can use the funds before they are lost?

Yes

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* 11. Do you any have apprenticeships in your organisation at the moment?

Yes

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* 12. If Yes, how many people does the organisation currently have on apprenticeships, approximately?

1-4

5-9

10-19

20-49

50-99

100-499

Over 500

Don’t know

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* 13. Does your organisation have plans in place to increase the number of people on apprenticeships in future, or start apprenticeships for the first time?

Yes

Don’t know

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* 14. Is your organisation likely to be interested in apprenticeships for the following roles? (tick as many as you want)

Management and leadership roles

Front-line operative roles

Technical and technician roles

Professional roles (accountancy, digital, HR, legal etc.)

Other (please specify)

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* 15. Does your organisation already have training providers that support the delivery of apprenticeships?

Yes

Don’t know

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* 16. Are you interested in knowing more about how to choose and work with training providers to get the best value from your levy?

Yes

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* 17. Would the organisation be at all interested in becoming an ‘employer provider’, registered with the ESFA to deliver apprenticeships yourselves?

Yes

Don’t know

Already on the Register

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* 18. The list below shows certain aspects of levy-funded apprenticeships which employers often want to know more about. Please tick any that you would like to know more about.

The amount of time people on apprenticeships have to spend on training – the so-called ‘20% rule’

They different types of training that can be used in apprenticeships

How the end-point assessment works

Whether people on apprenticeships have to study maths and English

How to develop new apprenticeships to match job roles in your organisation

What levy funds pay for – and what they don’t

How to make use of additional investment over and above the levy at a 10% co-funding rate, i.e. the government pays 90%

How to transfer levy funds in your account to another employer

Other (please specify)

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* 19. Would you be interested in joining a 45-minute webinar which goes through the process of making good use of the apprenticeship levy?

Yes

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* 20. Please provide contact details if you’d like to receive information about the topics you are interested in or if you’d like us to arrange a time for a consultant to call.

Name

Job Title

Organisation

Email Address

Please check you answers before clicking 'submit' below. Once you have submitted your response, we will send you a personalised report within a few days, and make arrangements for a follow-up call.