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Statistics on participation and learner outcomes in the further education and skills sector, including apprenticeships, reported from January 2014 to date.
Guidance for providing ESOL and training for other skills.
Information about the qualifications available under the statutory digital entitlement.
Ofsted inspection statistics for further education and skills.
Information for potential suppliers about Skills Bootcamps including how to qualify onto, and bid for contracts through the dynamic purchasing system (DPS).
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This collection includes the latest statistical first release, an archive, compliance information and access to associated tables.
Find out how you can become a further education teacher.
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.
Minister Halfon delivers a speech on adult education at the Skills Matter Event.
Information on new funded qualification offers, which may sit alongside our existing offers for young people and adults.
Information on the impact of further education training on productivity.
This guide gives a summary of what providers should expect and what they need to do as part of an Ofsted inspection.
The LSC was responsible for planning and funding further education (post-16 education and training other than higher education) in England. It was abolished in 2010 and replaced by the Skills Funding Agency and the Young People’s Learning Agency.
Further education and skills data for the first 2 quarters of the 2019 to 2020 academic year in England (August 2019 to January 2020, reported to date).
Further education and skills summary data, including apprenticeships and detailed non-apprenticeship adult further education, for August to October 2022.
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