Guidance

Adult education budget (AEB) funding rules 2023 to 2024

Sets out the rules that apply to ESFA funded AEB provision for the 2023 to 2024 funding year.

From:
Education and Skills Funding Agency
Published
8 March 2023
Last updated
4 October 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Adult education budget: funding and performance management rules 2023 to 2024

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Adult education budget: Level 3 qualifications flow charts

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Details

We have published an update to the ESFA adult education budget (AEB) funding rules for the 2023 to 2024 funding year (1 August 2023 to 31 July 2024).

The rules apply to all providers of education and training who receive AEB funding from the Secretary of State for Education acting through ESFA.

If you have any questions or feedback about the funding rules document, or if there’s anything else you need help with, you can find more support in our customer help centre or speak to your territorial lead.

Published 8 March 2023
Last updated 4 October 2023 + show all updates

  1. We have updated the performance management section in the AEB funding rules to confirm that the level 3 free courses for jobs over delivery threshold has changed from 10% to 50%.

  2. We have updated the ‘individuals with certain types of immigration status and their family members’ section of the AEB funding rules with clarification on individuals who have visa status expiry dates of no later than December 2024 regarding the biometric residence permit (BRP).

  3. We have added the performance management rules to the guidance for 2023 to 2024, which includes an extra review for AEB, for a small number of grant providers whose allocation for 2023 to 2024 was significantly reduced due to delivery in 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022, and meet the criteria set out in the rules.

  4. We have updated the funding rules providing details on how we will integrate the core elements of the traineeship programme, and on the innovation fund. We have also clarified some residency eligibility criteria and confirmed that the HGV offer will continue for the 2023 to 2024 academic year and added additional residency eligibility criteria.

  5. We have corrected an error in the summary of main changes section under the residency eligibility section.

  6. We clarified the details on learning support under section 3 - traineeships

  7. First published.

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