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Marketing Manager: funding band changed to £9,000

Band reviews are quiet, infrequent and financially significant.

The funding band for Marketing Manager at Level 6 has moved from £16,000 to £9,000, an increase of around -44%.

The band is a maximum, not a price. It caps what can be drawn from a levy account or co-invested. The actual price is negotiated between employer and provider, so a band increase does not automatically raise what you charge.

The band that applies is the one in force at the apprentice's start date. Apprentices already on programme stay on the old band for their full duration, which means you may be delivering the same standard at two prices at once. Check your MIS applies the right one per learner rather than the current one to everybody.

What to do about itre-cost the programme before your next cohort, and check the reduction does not take delivery below viability in the Sales, marketing and procurement route.

The figures in the box above come from this standard’s record on the Skills England register. The context and guidance below are ours, and are general to this kind of change rather than specific to your provision.

Sources

Skills England apprenticeship register ↗ FE Week ↗ Skills England ↗ Association of Employment and Learning Providers ↗
All articles Published 22 October 2026

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