June 2026 release notes

Available with Aptem Essentials and above.

Employers can now access their learners' learning plans in Aptem Console in read-only mode. To enable access, assign the Employer — View Learning Plan role to the employer user.

Once the role is assigned, employers can open a learner's learning plan from:

• The Learner record or Learners grid jump menu
• Dashboard cards on the Employer Dashboard and Learner Dashboard (Learning Plan Components, Components Overdue, Learner Lifecycle, Learner Summary, Learning Plan Progress, and RAG Status)
• System notifications

Employers can view learning plan components, progress, and the Evidence Summary — including submitted files and marking aid exercise PDFs — without the ability to edit or mark anything.

Administrators can control whether employers can view sub-programme learning plans using a new option in Programme Builder. Sub-programme content will only be hidden if the option has been enabled before the learner is enrolled onto the sub-programme.

RPL Tracker (2026)

The date and duration inputs on the RPL Tracker (2026) have been redesigned. When processing an RPL case, you can now see the learner's contracted weekly working hours and choose from three duration options: a system-suggested end date, a custom date, or keeping the original date unchanged.

Apprenticeship Agreement v5

A new version of the Apprenticeship Agreement is available (off by default — contact your Customer Success Manager to enable). When enabled, the planned off-the-job training hours and planned end date reflect current learning plan values rather than the figures fixed at enrolment. The original ILR values remain on the document as labelled reference fields.

Available with Aptem Enterprise.

This is the final reminder ahead of a change taking effect in the July 2026 release. From July, exercise management for marking aid will move entirely to the marking aid management area. The exercise management buttons will be removed from Programme Builder, which will show a link to the marking aid management area instead.

This change was announced in the January and March 2026 release notes. If you currently manage exercises from Programme Builder, switch to using the marking aid management area in Console before the July release.

Available with Aptem Essentials and above.

The description text for the start date threshold field in Email Notifications settings has been updated to read: "Email notifications will only be sent for learners with a programme start date on or after this date."

This resolves a recurring point of confusion for providers where learners are enrolled weeks before their programme start date.

Available with Aptem Essentials and above.

Employers now only receive signature request emails for reviews belonging to programmes the learner is currently enrolled on. Previously, employers were incorrectly receiving notifications for reviews on programmes the learner had already left.

Available with Aptem Essentials and above.

Minimum off-the-job training hours have been updated to reflect the latest data from Skills England for eight apprenticeship standards: ST0341, ST0490, ST0216, FA0008, FA0009, ST1462, ST1484, and ST1512. The correct values display automatically — no action is required.

Mark Evidence page — OTJ hours adjustment resets criteria mapping: When a tutor used the pencil icon on the Mark Evidence page to adjust OTJ hours, criteria mapping was incorrectly reset to the component default, discarding any selections made during assessment. This has been fixed — criteria mapping is now preserved when OTJ hours are updated.

Performance Dashboard — inconsistent minimum OTJ hours in drilldown: The OTJ hours drilldown in the Performance Dashboard was applying inconsistent rounding, producing minimum hours figures that differed from the Learner Profile and other areas of the platform. The drilldown now uses the same data source as the rest of the platform.

Change of Employer tracker — 8-month minimum end date rejected: The tracker was applying the old 12-month minimum duration and rejecting valid planned end dates for apprenticeships starting on or after 1 August 2025. This has been fixed to align with the updated 2025/26 funding rules, which reduced the minimum to 8 months for eligible starts.

Message Centre — loading error when no conversations exist: The Show Notifications button in the Message Centre triggered a loading error on tenants or for learner-tutor pairs where no conversations had been started. The button is now disabled in this empty state, preventing the error.

We are developing a new integration with Pass FS to support functional skills initial assessments within Aptem.

Additional 26/27 ILR and funding rule updates are planned. These will include further schema changes and updates to support the revised apprenticeship funding rules for the new academic year.

The Activity Log moves to general availability, bringing learner activity recording, tutor review and verification workflows, and tenant configuration controls to all providers.

• Learners can log off-the-job training, English and maths, and additional hours directly from their learning plan.
• Tutors can review, approve, and reject logged activities with direct notifications.

Support for apprenticeship units within programme delivery. This focuses on removing barriers to using Aptem Apprentice in a fully compliant way, including a new training plan and core updates to support compliant programme delivery.