Following the announcement made in early January 2017, regarding the withdrawal of a third batch of SASE frameworks, 18 frameworks will be withdrawn to new starts from 1^st Oct 2017. The last date for new starts on these frameworks will be 30 September 2017.
 

The list of Batch 3 frameworks for withdrawal can be found here.
 

This withdrawal announcement does not impact any current learners on any of these frameworks, as they will continue to complete their Apprenticeship as usual. Once the withdrawal date for a framework has passed, any existing learners will continue to complete their Apprenticeship, on their agreed funding arrangements, and their Apprenticeship Completion Certificate can be claimed as normal.
 

The last date for new starts on withdrawn Frameworks will be updated on Apprenticeship Certificate England (ACE) and on the learning aims search on the Hub. On the agreed withdrawal date, the Frameworks will be archived on Apprenticeship Frameworks Online.
 

In due course, the ESFA will announce the proposals for withdrawing the remaining “live” SASE frameworks.
 

SFA are asking for feedback on the 4th batch of SASE frameworks to be withdrawn. The proposed last date for new starts on these frameworks is 31 March 2018.
The proposal is open for feedback from Wednesday 22 February to Wednesday 5 April 2017.
A full list of frameworks included in this current proposal is available on gov.uk.
SFA will review the feedback and then announce the final list of Batch 4 withdrawals in May 2017. This will give 9 months’ notice in advance of the actual date of withdrawal.
If, following feedback, SFA defer the withdrawal then the framework will be included in the next batch of proposed withdrawals which is planned for over the summer.
The frameworks included in this proposal have replacement Apprenticeship Standards that cover the same occupations – these replacement Standards are expected to be ready for delivery by 1 April 2018.
SFA will consider deferring the withdrawal date if you can provide clear and strong evidence that:-

• relevant Standards due to be in place by 1 April 2018, or soon after, will NOT cover some occupations covered by the framework’s pathways for which there is still significant demand or;

• there are strong reasons why the replacement Standard(s) cannot be ready for learners from 1 April 2018, or soon after.

To give your feedback on the current proposal click, please visit the feedback form.
For further information, refer to the Removal of apprenticeship frameworks page on GOV.UK or contact the Service desk.

Following a delay, the SFA have now published a third batch of 15 SASE frameworks to be withdrawn. This follows a period of public consultation which ran from 6 July – 3 August 2016. 14 of these frameworks now have replacement Standards that provide good coverage and are approved for delivery. One framework, Professional Development for Work Based Learning Practitioners, has had zero starts in the last two funding years.
These 15 frameworks will be withdrawn to new starts from 1 October 2017. The last date for new starts will be 30 September 2017. The SFA consider 9 months’ notice of withdrawal, for these frameworks, to be both sufficient and reasonable.
SFA have also announced the deferral of the withdrawal date of a further 5 frameworks whose withdrawal was initially announced in May 2016, as part of Batch 2.  This deferral is as a result of further evidence and feedback that has been received, relating to these 5 frameworks.
This withdrawal announcement does not impact any current learners, as they will continue to complete their Apprenticeship framework as usual. Once the withdrawal date for a framework has passed, any existing learners will continue to complete their Apprenticeship, on their agreed funding arrangements, and their Apprenticeship Completion Certificate can be claimed as normal.
The last date for new starts on withdrawn Frameworks will be updated on Apprenticeship Certificate England (ACE) and on the learning aims search on the Hub. On the agreed withdrawal date, the Frameworks will be archived on Apprenticeship Frameworks Online.
Here is a link to the list of Apprenticeship Standards currently available.
SFA will announce the proposals for withdrawing the remaining live SASE, frameworks in the spring.
For further information, please refer to the apprenticeship changes page on GOV.UK or contact the service desk.

As of today, 1^st Dec 2016 56 SASE frameworks have been withdrawn for any new starts (either funded or unfunded) all of which are detailed below. These frameworks were all part of the Batch 2 set of frameworks, previously announced by the SFA, for withdrawal as part of the transition process from frameworks to Standards.

All of these frameworks have been archived on AFO and will no longer appear as part of the current library of available frameworks.

Withdrawn frameworks:

• Advanced Diagnostics and Management Principles
• Advertising and Marketing Communications
• Animal Technology
• Automotive Clay Modelling
• Banking
• Bookkeeping
• Broadcast Production
• Building Energy Management Systems
• Business Innovation and Growth
• Ceramics Manufacturing
• Combined Manufacturing Processes
• Commercial Moving
• Contact Centre Operations Management
• Costume and Wardrobe
• Craft and Technical Roles in Film and Television
• Creative Craft Practitioner
• Criminal Investigation
• Emergency Fire Service Operations
• Engineering Construction
• Engineering Environmental Technologies
• Enterprise
• Explosives Storage and Maintenance
• Express Logistics
• Extractives and Mineral Processing Occupations
• Fashion and Textiles: Technical
• Fish Husbandry and Fish Management
• Fundraising
• Furniture, Furnishings and Interiors Manufacturing
• Health Informatics
• Health Pathology Support
• Information Security
• Insurance
• Intelligence Analysis
• Interactive Design and Development
• Jewellery Manufacturing, Silversmithing and Allied Trades
• Learning Support
• Libraries, Archives, Records and Information Management Services
• Local Taxation and Benefits
• Locksmithing
• Mail and Package Distribution
• Metal Processing and Allied Operations
• Mineral Products Technology
• Multi-skilled Vehicle Collision Repair
• Music Business
• Nuclear Working
• Payroll
• Polymer Processing Operations
• Procurement
• Production of Coatings
• Professional Aviation Pilot Practice
• Rail Engineering Overhead Line Construction
• Retail Management
• Sound Recording, Engineering and Studio Facilities
• Spa Therapy
• Volunteer Management
• Wood and Timber Processing and Merchants Industry

If you have any questions on a framework’s withdrawal and what the alternative options are for your learners, please contact the relevant Certification Body to discuss.

BIS announced the 3rd batch of frameworks for withdrawal on 6^th July. There is a period of consultation which runs until the 6^th of August. The online survey can be accessed here.

The frameworks included in this consultation have:

• had fewer than 125 starts in 2014 to 2015 funding year and so far in the 2015 to 2016 funding year or;
• coverage by suitable replacement Apprenticeship Standard(s)

SFA/BIS will review the consultation feedback and, in September, will announce the final Batch 3 list of frameworks for withdrawal. This will give 6 months’ notice before the date of withdrawal which is set for 31^st March 2017.

For further information, please refer to the Apprenticeship Changes page on GOV.UK or email the Service Desk.

In March, BIS announced the first batch of Apprenticeship Frameworks to be removed. These 7 Frameworks will be withdrawn and closed to new starts from 1^st June 2016.

BIS have now published a second batch of 60 Apprenticeship Frameworks that will be withdrawn for any new starts from 1 December 2016. These frameworks have had a low number of reported starts in the 2014/2015 and the 2015/2016 funding years or have alternative provision covered by developing Apprenticeship Standards. The last date for new starts on these 60 Frameworks will be 30^th November 2016.

NB: Any Apprentices currently on any of the Frameworks being withdrawn can continue through to completion and will be awarded their Apprenticeship Completion Certificate in the usual way.

The last date for new starts on withdrawn Frameworks will be updated on Apprenticeship Certificate England (ACE) and on the learning aims search on the Hub. On the agreed withdrawal date, the Frameworks will be archived on Apprenticeship Frameworks Online.

Here is a link to the list of Apprenticeship Standards currently available.

As part of the transition from frameworks to Standards, the staged withdrawal of SASE frameworks will commence on 31^st May 2016.

BIS have published a list of the first seven Apprenticeship frameworks that will be closed to new starts from 1^st June 2016.

NB: Any Apprentices currently on any of the frameworks being withdrawn can continue through to completion and will be awarded their Apprenticeship Completion Certificate in the usual way.

The transition from frameworks to Standards will be a staged process and will continue until all frameworks are closed in 2020.  Appropriate notice periods will be given before the scheduled withdrawal date for any framework.

For further information and details on the first batch of frameworks being withdrawn please visit:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/removal-of-apprenticeship-frameworks/removal-of-apprenticeship-frameworks