Qualifications due to have funding removed from August 2027
Full list of qualifications that will have funding approval removed and guidance for awarding bodies who may want to submit a notification.
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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 published a list of qualifications with 1080 and above guided learning hours in T level areas, that will have funding approval removed from 1 August 2027.
We are now publishing a list that informs education providers and awarding bodies which additional qualifications will have funding approval removed from 1 August 2027.
These additional qualifications are:
- level 3 digital
- level 3 accounting and finance
- levels 2 and 3 child development and well-being, teaching and lecturing, and direct learning support sectors
We are also publishing the equalities impact assessment and guidance for awarding bodies who may want to submit a notification against one of the additional qualifications due to have funding approval removed.
Updates to this page
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Updated the definition of a qualification to include 'the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA)' in 'Guidance on removal of additional qualifications approved for public funding: post-16 level 2 and 3'.
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Added 'Additional qualifications removed from public funding 2027' 'Guidance on removal of additional qualifications approved for public funding: post-16 level 2 and 3' and 'Additional 16 to 19 qualifications funding approvals update: equality impact assessment'.
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First published.