Guidance and regulation

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

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 4 October 2023

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

  What’s new? Main changes since the publication of AEB funding rules 2023…

• Adult education budget: Level 3 qualifications flow charts

  1. Introduction and purpose of the document The flow charts below set out…

Information to help you understand your 16 to 19 revenue funding allocation.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 13 March 2024

• 16 to 19 further education revenue funding allocation guide: 2024 to 2025

  1. Introduction This guide explains how we have calculated your 16 to 19…

• 16 to 19 school and academy sixth form revenue funding allocation guide: 2024 to 2025

  1. Introduction This guide explains how we have calculated your 16 to 19…

• 16 to 19 non-maintained special school (NMSS) revenue funding allocation guide: 2024 to 2025

  1. Introduction This guide explains how we have calculated funding…

• 16 to 19 special post-16 institution (SPI) revenue funding allocation guide: 2024 to 2025

  1. Introduction This guide explains how we have calculated your 16 to 19…

• 16 to 19 further education allocation calculation toolkit: 2024 to 2025

  1. Introduction We have published details of the funding arrangements for…

• 16 to 19 special post-16 institution allocation calculation toolkit: 2024 to 2025

  1. Introduction We have published details of the funding arrangements for…

• 16 to 19 school and academy sixth form allocation calculation toolkit: 2024 to 2025

  1. Introduction We have published details of the funding arrangements for…

Information on how we allocate adult skills funding, facilities and bursaries, apprenticeships carry-in and non-levy extensions to providers.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 2 April 2024

Technical guidance on calculating funding allocations for 2024 to 2025.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 21 March 2024

Details of the 2023 to 2024 funding system for the AEB and 16 to 18 traineeships

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 20 September 2023

Funding rates which will apply from the academic year 2024 to 2025 for adult skills provision funded by ESFA

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 13 July 2023

Operational guidance on the devolved adult education budget (AEB).

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 13 September 2023

Sets out the funding rules for all providers in receipt of AEB. This document forms part of the SFA Funding Rules 2016 to 2017.

• From: Closed organisation: Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 1 July 2016

Funding for learning providers, employers and other organisations to develop flexible and accessible ways to teach adults.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 18 March 2019

Details of the funding system for the adult education budget and 16 to 18 traineeships.

• From: Closed organisation: Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 23 January 2017

Details of the 2019 to 2020 funding system for the AEB and 16 to 18 traineeships

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 7 March 2019

Details of the 2020 to 2021 funding system for the AEB and 16 to 18 traineeships

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 28 January 2021

Details of the 2021 to 2022 funding system for the AEB and 16 to 18 traineeships

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 12 May 2021

Details of the funding system for the adult education budget and 16 to 18 traineeships.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 21 March 2018

Sets out the rules that apply to ESFA funded adult skills fund (ASF) provision for the 2024 to 2025 funding year.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 17 April 2024

Letters to Mayoral Combined Authorities and the Greater London Authority setting out implementation funding payments.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 6 March 2018

Details of the 2024 to 2025 funding system for the ESFA funded adult skills fund (ASF).

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 3 April 2024

Letters to Mayoral Combined Authorities setting out implementation funding payments for 2019 to 2020.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 6 March 2020

Summarises the changes the SFA plans to make to the adult skills system with the creation of the education budget following the publication of the Skills Funding Letter.

• From: Closed organisation: Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 28 January 2016

Sets out the funding bands that will apply for existing apprenticeship frameworks and apprenticeship standards.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 29 February 2024