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Financial assurance: monitoring post-16 funding

We monitor the data reported to us as part of our assurance work to review how the funding system and funding rules operate.

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Financial assurance: monitoring post-16 funding 2023 to 2024

This document lists the areas that we are monitoring during the 2023 to 2024 funding year (1 August 2023 to 31 July 2024) and provides guidance on how to correct data quality or funding errors.

This document is for colleges, training providers and other providers who have a funding agreement with us to deliver:

  • 16 to 19 study programmes
  • 16 to 18 traineeships
  • 19 to 24 traineeships
  • adult education budget
  • advanced leaner loans
  • apprenticeships
  • T Levels
  • T Level transition programmes

Specifically, it is aimed at those staff who submit data to us and those who review data quality. We have included a summary of all the relevant rules and guidance to help you review your data returns and ensure funding is correct.

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Published 18 August 2021
Last updated 2 August 2023 + show all updates
  1. We have added the Financial Assurance: Monitoring post-16 funding for 2023 to 2024 guidance.

  2. We have updated the Financial Assurance: Monitoring post-16 funding for 2022 to 2023 guidance document.

  3. We’ve updated the FRM43, 50 and 56 sections in the 2022 to 2023 document

  4. Type of change: new reports Details of change: Two new reports published externally and available from R12 2021 to 2022: FRM43 – 16 to 19 study programme learners with no planned learning hours, who are not identified as requiring additional learning support through either an EHC plan or self-identified LLDD and health problems. FRM69 – Proportion of planned EEP hours is greater than or equal to 50% of total planned hours and learner is not recorded with high needs. Addition of Monitoring post-16 funding for the 2022 to 2023 academic year guidance.

  5. We have added a guidance document with information about the apprenticeship off-the-job-training hours report (FRM37).

  6. Type of change: revision Details of change: FRM37 – Apprenticeship off-the-job training hours below the minimum Now also reports programmes where actual off-the-job training hours are below the 20% minimum.

  7. First published.