Government account · Step 1 of 5
Open your apprenticeship service account.
This is the government account the funding runs through. Nothing else can start until it exists. Who: finance or payroll · How long: about 15 minutes.
- 1. Create the account
- 2. Add your PAYE scheme
- 3. Accept the DfE agreement
- 4. Add Creative Process Digital as your training provider
- 5. A second colleague (optional)
On GOV.UK
What you need, in plain English (GOV.UK, opens in a new tab)
www.apprenticeships.gov.uk/employers/create-apprenticeship-service-account
Create the account on GOV.UK (GOV.UK, opens in a new tab)
www.gov.uk/employing-an-apprentice/create-an-account
What you need to hand
- A work email address.
- Your Companies House number: 09876543.
- Your PAYE scheme reference.
- Either a Government Gateway login or your Accounts Office Reference Number.
- Authority to accept the Department for Education’s employer agreement on behalf of the company.
The PAYE reference on its own is not enough, and this is the bit people get caught out by.
If you already have one: sign in at gov.uk/sign-in-apprenticeship-service-account and go to step 2. If a colleague set it up, ask them to add you rather than creating a second account.