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Information about DfE education and skills agreements and accountability agreements for 2025 to 2026.
An exploration of the principle stages involved in effective strategic planning.
Executive summary This guide serves as a practical resource for senior…
The guide is intended to advise FE colleges on how best to deliver level 2 English and maths in a further education (FE) setting.
An overview of capital funding for post-16 education providers, the type of funding available and what it can be used for.
Guidance on how eligible providers in non-devolved areas can apply for post-16 capacity funding, including eligibility and assessment information.
Guidance for ITPs explaining how DfE will take action to address the potential risk of failure.
Information on applying for funding for international study and work placements for schools, further education providers and higher education providers.
Guidance for higher education providers to recognise, prevent and report foreign interference and protect people, research and academic freedom.
A guide and checklist for training providers that currently offer apprenticeship training and those considering offering it in the future.
Guidance for training providers on the conditions for the apprenticeship provider and assessment register (APAR).
Training provider agreement with the Department for Education (DfE) to pay training providers to carry out apprenticeship training.
Guidance on 16 to 19 education and skills funding rules for the current and previous funding years.
Sets out the rules that apply to Department for education (DfE) funded adult skills fund (ASF) provision for the funding year.
Sets out the rules for provision funded by learners through advanced learner loans the funding year.
Information on how we allocate adult skills funding, loan facilities and bursaries, apprenticeships carry-in and non-levy extensions to providers.
Explains how we calculate the different funding lines for adult education and skills funding.
Information for Department for Education funded post-16 education and skills providers on the funding claims and reconciliation process.
The regularly updated known issues document gives information on service problems we are aware of.
Guidance on DfE's post-16 funding assurance process for further education and new apprenticeship providers.
Information about flexi-job apprenticeships using approved agencies, in occupations that often use short-term contracts or other non-standard employment models.
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