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How to employ an apprentice, what's expected of you and what funding you can get.
Apprentices are aged 16 or over and combine working with studying to gain…
You can get help from the government to pay for apprenticeship training.…
You need to create an apprenticeships service account. You’ll use this…
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How the Skills Funding Agency operates as a co-financing organisation for ESF and assures EU funding is correctly spent.
Information for further education and sixth-form college governors
Sets out the funding rules for all providers in receipt of AEB. This document forms part of the SFA Funding Rules 2016 to 2017.
The new body will carry out the roles of the Education Funding Agency and Skills Funding Agency.
How sixth-form and further education colleges can apply for transition grants to support significant changes recommended in area reviews.
How providers of education and skills training can offer workplace learning that is more inclusive for employees with learning difficulties and disabilities.
How to calculate funding for adult skills including 16 to 18 apprenticeships, OLASS and the loans bursary.
Clear and comparable information to help you as a learner and employer make informed choices about post-16 further education and training.
Contact details for colleges and training providers with contracts to provide training and support through the European Social Fund (ESF).
A report about the issues related to the inclusion of people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities in apprenticeship provision.
Skills Funding Agency GPC transactions from April 2013 to June 2016.
The final report and recommendations of our thematic review of digital skills qualifications funded through the Adult Skills Budget (now the Adult Education Budget).
The SFA's annual report and accounts for 2016 to 2017.
The rules that apply to all further education provision funded by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA).
Through the register, organisations that have met the criteria will deliver top-quality training for individuals and employers.
How to calculate funding for 'formula-funded' provision.
Provides an overview at national level of the findings from the FE choices learner satisfaction survey.
The SFA’s response to the Skills Funding Letter 2015 to 2016 which has now been published.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
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