Guidance and regulation

Explains how to apply for a free level 3 qualification. These courses could help you improve your wage outcomes and job prospects, and gain skills that employers value.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 11 April 2023

Buy multiple licences for Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) driving theory e-learning for all of the learner drivers you teach or drivers you employ.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 25 March 2024

Information to help you understand your 16 to 19 revenue funding allocation.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 13 March 2024

• 16 to 19 further education revenue funding allocation guide: 2024 to 2025

  1. Introduction This guide explains how we have calculated your 16 to 19…

• 16 to 19 school and academy sixth form revenue funding allocation guide: 2024 to 2025

  1. Introduction This guide explains how we have calculated your 16 to 19…

• 16 to 19 non-maintained special school (NMSS) revenue funding allocation guide: 2024 to 2025

  1. Introduction This guide explains how we have calculated funding…

• 16 to 19 special post-16 institution (SPI) revenue funding allocation guide: 2024 to 2025

  1. Introduction This guide explains how we have calculated your 16 to 19…

• 16 to 19 further education allocation calculation toolkit: 2024 to 2025

  1. Introduction We have published details of the funding arrangements for…

• 16 to 19 special post-16 institution allocation calculation toolkit: 2024 to 2025

  1. Introduction We have published details of the funding arrangements for…

• 16 to 19 school and academy sixth form allocation calculation toolkit: 2024 to 2025

  1. Introduction We have published details of the funding arrangements for…

Information on how we allocate adult skills funding, facilities and bursaries, apprenticeships carry-in and non-levy extensions to providers.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 1 May 2024

Technical guidance on calculating funding allocations for 2024 to 2025.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 21 March 2024

Documents to help local areas write investment plans for delivering the Multiply adult numeracy programme.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 12 December 2023

Communication guidance, logos and link to the ‘Skills campaign toolkits’ page.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 16 February 2024

Information about the qualifications available under the statutory digital entitlement.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 14 March 2024

Operational guidance on the devolved adult education budget (AEB).

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 13 September 2023

Statutory guidance for combined authorities exercising devolved adult education functions.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 30 January 2024

Sets out the funding rules for all providers in receipt of AEB. This document forms part of the SFA Funding Rules 2016 to 2017.

• From: Closed organisation: Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 1 July 2016

The Fast Track Digital Workforce Fund aims to help employers in the Greater Manchester and Lancashire areas recruit hard to fill digital roles and move local people into better quality employment.

• From: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and 1 others
• Updated: 6 March 2020

This report sets out our work over the last 18 months in response to concerns about qualifications used in the private security industry.

• From: Ofqual
• Updated: 31 January 2017

Quarterly reporting guidance and form for local areas using Multiply funding to improve adult numeracy skills.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 15 January 2024

Memorandum of understanding between DfE and combined authorities, for the transition period before adult education functions are devolved.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 10 August 2018

Examples for training providers of good practice in the management of their discretionary learner support budget.

• From: Closed organisation: Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 3 September 2014

Summary of the findings for the 2014 to 2015 community learning learner satisfaction survey.

• From: Closed organisation: Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 27 October 2015

Summarises the changes the SFA plans to make to the adult skills system with the creation of the education budget following the publication of the Skills Funding Letter.

• From: Closed organisation: Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 28 January 2016

Summary of the findings for the 2015 to 2016 community learning learner satisfaction survey.

• From: Closed organisation: Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 29 June 2016

Sets out the funding bands that will apply for existing apprenticeship frameworks and apprenticeship standards.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 29 February 2024