Free interactive tools

Make the training decision with numbers.

Use these calculators, checkers and planning tools to test funding routes, identify delivery risk, build a business case and decide what to do next.

Use as a planning aid. Funding, regulatory and assessment rules change. Check the dated guidance linked from each tool before making a formal decision.

UK apprenticeship tools

Funding, delivery, assessment and quality controls

Funding

Apprenticeship levy calculator

Estimate levy liability and the monthly funds entering an employer's apprenticeship service account.

Calculate levy
Planning

Growth and Skills Levy planner

Model workforce priorities and routes for using levy funding across approved products.

Plan funding
Funding

AI training funding finder

Compare potential funded routes for an employer's AI skills need and workforce profile.

Find a route
Eligibility

Apprenticeship units eligibility checker

Check the core employer, learner and programme conditions for short apprenticeship units.

Check eligibility
Funding

Funding band estimator

Estimate the likely funding-band range for apprenticeship planning and employer conversations.

Estimate band
ROI

Apprenticeship ROI calculator

Model administration time saved and the first-year value of improved delivery workflows.

Model ROI
Delivery

Cohort risk estimator

Identify learner and cohort risk signals before they turn into withdrawals or late completions.

Estimate risk
OTJ

Off-the-job training planner

Plan delivery volume, then verify the applicable start-date rules and standard-specific minimum.

Plan OTJ
Assessment

Assessment date planner

Work backwards from a target completion or assessment window and expose schedule pressure.

Plan dates
Assessment

Gateway readiness checker

Review completion requirements against the exact standard version and assessment plan.

Check readiness
MIS

ILR submission calendar

Keep monthly return activity, data checks and ownership visible to delivery and MIS teams.

Open calendar
Quality

Ofsted self-assessment tool

Structure an internal evidence review against the current FE and skills inspection toolkit.

Start review

AI and workforce tools

Readiness, literacy, risk and reskilling economics

US L&D tools

Business cases, LMS buying and skills planning

Important: Results are indicative and depend on the information entered. They are not legal, financial, funding or regulatory advice. For apprenticeship decisions, apply the funding and assessment rules that match the learner's start date and exact standard version.