Further education funding
Agreements and allocations, performance management rules, funding bands, process for seeking funding.
Services
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Further Education Capital Transformation Fund
How FE colleges and designated institutions can apply for investment to tackle poor condition across their estates.
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Adult Education Budget (AEB) performance management requests
Providers should use this form to submit a first-time allocation request for ESFA Funded National Skills Fund (NSF) up to the value of £45,000 (grant providers only). If you have a devolved NSF contract, you can still request an ESFA Funded NSF contract for non-devolved learners.
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Advanced learner loans facility requests
Use the form to submit requests for a new facility or loans bursary for the 2021 to 2022 funding year
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Exceptional learning support - cost form
Use these forms to submit estimated costs and final claims for exceptional learning support.
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Further education area reviews: transition grants
How sixth-form and further education colleges can apply for transition grants to support significant changes recommended in area reviews.
Guidance and regulation
- Universal Credit and students
- Apprenticeship funding rules
- Condition Improvement Fund
- Apprenticeship funding bands
- Register of apprenticeship training providers
News and communications
- Adult education budget: devolved grant determination letters 2022
- CITB: annual priorities letter 2022 to 2023
- ECITB: annual priorities letter 2022 to 2023
- New teaching facilities as more people enter post-16 education
- Reconciliation thresholds for ESFA grant funded providers 2020 to 2021
Research and statistics
- Community learning
- Cost and outreach pilot evaluation: interim findings
- Strategic college improvement fund pilot: self-evaluations
- Post-18 review of education and funding: independent panel report
- Further education (FE) workforce programme evaluation
Policy papers and consultations
- National Skills Fund
- Reforms to further education (FE) funding and accountability
- Higher education reform: equality impact assessment
- Lifelong loan entitlement: impact assessment
- Higher education student finance 2022 to 2023: equality analysis
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Strategic Development Fund and Local Skills Improvement Plans pilots
- Further Education Capital Transformation Fund: stage 2 successful applicants
- Adult Education Budget (AEB) postcode files
- List of declared subcontractors
- Post-16 Capacity Fund 2021 to 2022: successful applications