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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…
You must sign an apprenticeship agreement with your apprentice. This gives…
You are responsible for: giving your apprentice their contract of…
You can get more information on the employer support site. If you still…
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
Batch toolkits and a validation tool to help awarding organisations and learner registration bodies produce and validate batch files.
Contact details for colleges and training providers with contracts to provide training and support through the European Social Fund (ESF).
Clear and comparable information to help you as a learner and employer make informed choices about post-16 further education and training.
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.
Over 95% of schools in England have now registered to use the learning records service to get unique learner numbers for their pupils.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
This document is for technical staff in FE and skills training providers and includes the rulebase which performs the funding calculation.
Information for schools in Wales on how to create a ULN
Information about processes we use to ensure that both further education providers and ourselves are able to evidence activity relating to learners and actual costs.
This technical document includes the rulebase which performs the funding calculation.
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 rules that apply to all further education provision funded by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA).
Young workers earning the National Minimum Wage are set to receive a pay rise of up to £450 a year from today (1 October 2016).
Sets out the funding rules for all providers in receipt of AEB. This document forms part of the SFA Funding Rules 2016 to 2017.
Rules for organisations that receive funding for the delivery of training or end-point assessment of apprenticeship standards for 2016 to 2017.
Sets out the rules for providers who receive funding from the SFA to offer education and skills training for 2015 to 2016.
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