Why you can’t afford to not use Onefile’s RPL Funding Calculator

Determining what your apprentice has already learned – Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) – is a key part of the apprenticeship funding process.  

RPL informs how much public money you’ll get to train your apprentice – but if you calculate and submit this information incorrectly, you will have to give back some of the funds.  

A learner who already has some knowledge, skills and/or experience relevant to their apprenticeship will clearly require less training, influencing how much funding you will receive to train them.  

Getting these RPL numbers wrong can be costly – but luckily, it’s an error that’s easily avoidable with Onefile’s RPL funding calculator. 

How Onefile’s RPL Funding Calculator works   

The Onefile RPL Funding Calculator helps you make certain candidates are eligible for an apprenticeship and works out their RPL so you don’t make expensive mistakes. 

A ‘must have’ online tool, it makes the whole RPL pre-enrolment process so much simpler, removing the complexities, adjusting funding claims automatically and checking the viability of applicants. 

It provides you with an accurate calculation so you can maximise the funding available for that apprentice occupation standard, allowing  training provider, employer and learner to go ahead with confidence.  

With Onefile’s RPL Funding Calculator you can: 

• Allow applicants to record their prior learning and upload supporting evidence, keeping all RPL information together.  
• Show funding bodies such as the DfE that you have a reliable RPL process in place. You can set percentage reductions for prior learning, so when the applicant completes their skills assessment, the funding claim is automatically adjusted. 
• Easily check the viability of an applicant once the funding claim, course duration and visits have been adjusted. If the minimum course length is met and you’re going to make a profit, you'll know you have the right learner on the right course.  
• Predict the financial viability of an applicant and protect your fixed costs from funding cuts. And, because the whole process is completed remotely, costs are kept down, and your profit margins stay protected. 

Your staff as well as apprenticeship applicants will find the calculator easy to use. Applicants complete their skills assessment remotely using a step-by-step wizard, adding comments and uploading evidence – so you collect everything you need in one go. 

Cost-effective, convenient and compliant, our RPL funding calculator eliminates the chances of funding clawback. It really is an online tool you can’t afford not to have. 

For more information, book a discovery call to speak to an expert.