Guidance

Qualifications due to have funding removed from August 2027

List of qualifications that will have funding approval removed and guidance for awarding bodies who may want to submit a notification.

Applies to England

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On 10 March 2026, the Department for Education published the Government’s response to the Post-16 level 3 and below pathways consultation. As part of this response, we are publishing a list of qualifications that will have funding approval removed.

The list informs education providers which qualifications of 1080 and above guided learning hours in T Level areas will have funding approval removed from 1 August 2027.

We are also publishing the equalities impact assessment for the funding removal and guidance for awarding bodies who may want to submit a notification against one of the qualifications due to have funding approval removed.

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Published 10 March 2026

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