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Rail Foundation Apprenticeship

Rail Foundation Apprenticeship offers business support of up to £4,000 for businesses across the UK. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by Skills England · funded by DfE Apprenticeship funding Rules 25/26

Last read from skillsengland.education.gov.uk on 2 Nov 2026.

A level 2 employed foundation apprenticeship in rail, for younger people, combining workplace experience with off-the-job learning. Employers can receive funding for each apprentice.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open

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Deadline

Not stated

How much

Up to £4,000

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Who can apply

Employers take on the apprentice as an employed position. Foundation apprenticeships are for younger people. No formal entry requirements.

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Business size

Not stated

Sectors

rail, transport and logistics

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How to apply

On skillsengland.education.gov.uk

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Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

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HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

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Things we could not confirm

  • Status is 'Approved for delivery' with an approval date of 19/10/2026; the text does not say how employers or training providers apply or whether places are open now.
  • Funding is set by DfE Apprenticeship funding rules, which may apply on top of this page.
  • Business sizes not stated.

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Source and last checked

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