Run delivery, evidence and compliance on Journey Core — free for providers with fewer than 50 active learners. Growing past 50? Get £0 platform fee through a Value Pillar or the Strategic Partner Plan.
Yes. Journey Core is free apprenticeship management software for UK training providers with fewer than 50 active learners — no platform fee, no setup fee and no long contract. Providers with 50 or more active learners get £0 platform fee by choosing one of six Value Pillars at a fixed 10% commercial fee, or by joining the Strategic Partner Plan. Journey is built around the published DfE apprenticeship funding rules, versioned by academic year, and designed for Ofsted-ready evidence.
Three ways to run Journey with £0 platform fee.
Providers with fewer than 50 active learners use the core platform completely free.
Choose one of six Value Pillars at a fixed 10% commercial fee and the platform fee is £0.
Access Journey Pro with £0 platform fee through a protected tech training partnership.
The everyday delivery, evidence and compliance tools providers need, with no platform fee for under-50 providers.
We believe every UK apprenticeship provider should be able to run compliant, well-evidenced delivery — regardless of size. Smaller providers carry the same compliance expectations as large ones but rarely have the same budget, so Journey Core is free for providers with fewer than 50 active learners.
As providers grow, they tend to need more than software — they need operating capacity. That is where the Value Pillars and the Strategic Partner Plan come in: providers with 50+ learners get £0 platform fee and choose the operating support that matches their growth. It is a model that aligns our success with yours.
Start free, grow with £0 platform fee, or simply upgrade — whatever fits your provider.
If you have fewer than 50 active learners, use Journey Core free — no platform fee, no setup fee, no long contract.
Providers with 50+ active learners get £0 platform fee by choosing one of six Value Pillars at a fixed 10% commercial fee.
Eligible providers access Journey Pro with £0 platform fee through a protected tech training partnership.
Prefer to simply pay for software? Upgrade to Journey Pro from £10 per learner/month with our 50% introductory price.
Choose the operating support that matches your growth. Each pillar is a fixed 10% commercial fee — and the platform fee is £0.
Keep your apprenticeship curriculum current, mapped and delivery-ready without carrying the full internal content cost.
Learn more Fixed 10%Admin, ILR, evidence, audits and operating control for providers who want fewer blind spots.
Learn more Fixed 10%Improve feedback quality, assessment consistency, learner progress judgement and gateway readiness.
Learn more Fixed 10% / agreed hiring modelAccess trained tutor capacity without starting from scratch every time.
Learn more Fixed 10%Grow more revenue from existing employer relationships with sharper account management.
Learn more Fixed 10%Generate employer interest, recruit apprentices and build a stronger growth pipeline.
Learn moreKeep your apprenticeship curriculum current, mapped and delivery-ready without carrying the full internal content cost.
Admin, ILR, evidence, audits and operating control for providers who want fewer blind spots.
Improve feedback quality, assessment consistency, learner progress judgement and gateway readiness.
Access trained tutor capacity without starting from scratch every time.
Grow more revenue from existing employer relationships with sharper account management.
Generate employer interest, recruit apprentices and build a stronger growth pipeline.
For providers who want specialist tech training capability without building a tech department.
You keep your employer relationships. We only support agreed tech training opportunities with your permission. Your existing delivery areas remain protected. In return, eligible providers can access Journey Pro with £0 platform fee.
Strategic Partner access is subject to eligibility, agreed training scope, data processing terms and a partner agreement. Journey will not use platform data for unauthorised employer outreach.
From £10 per learner per month with our 50% introductory price (standard £20), fixable for up to 5 years. Advanced AI automation, enhanced ILR checks, advanced compliance and quality dashboards and advanced reporting.
Calculator estimates are for illustration only. Actual savings depend on learner numbers, selected plan, optional services, current system costs and agreed commercial terms.
Every tier gives leaders a clear operating picture — funding evidence, delivery progress and risk in one place — so the real position is visible before an audit or inspection, not after.
Built around the published DfE apprenticeship funding rules, versioned by academic year, with funding-sensitive figures computed server-side against the rule pack in force at each start date.
Designed around the renewed Ofsted further education and skills inspection framework to help providers maintain Ofsted-ready evidence from the data held in the platform.
Journey is an independent software platform. We do not claim to be DfE approved or Ofsted approved, and we do not guarantee any funding or inspection outcome. Journey is designed to help providers maintain strong, well-evidenced delivery using their own data.
| Capability | Journey Core | Journey Pro | Value Pillar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform fee | Free | From £10/learner/mo | £0 platform fee |
| Learner & employer management | |||
| OTJ hours tracking | |||
| Basic ILR visibility | |||
| Enhanced ILR checks | |||
| Advanced AI automation | |||
| Advanced compliance dashboard | |||
| Managed operating support | |||
| Annual FE-style & Ofsted-readiness audit | |||
| Setup fee | None | None | None |
| Long contract | None | None | Agreed terms |
Run Journey Core free under 50 learners, or book a call to discuss Value Pillars, the Strategic Partner Plan or Journey Pro.
Funding-safe and audit-ready by design
Every record is scoped to your organisation on each read and write — one provider can never see another's data.
Every state change is recorded against the real person who made it, so the history stands up at audit.
Funding is computed server-side against the right year for each start date — 2024/25 and 2025/26, and built to adopt the 2026/27 pack now published by the DWP.
AI is metered per tenant, prompts are scrubbed of learner PII and outputs are validated, falling back gracefully.
Built and operated by a UK company to externally-audited information-security standards.
No lock-in: export your data whenever you like, and your employer relationships always remain yours.
Journey is independent software and is not DfE or Ofsted approved. It does not guarantee funding or inspection outcomes.