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Information for colleges, training organisations and employers about the learning aim reference service, also known as LARS.
Advice for institutions on the financial support young people may be able to access to help them participate in education and training.
Details for 16 to 19 funded institutions on how funding will work in academic year 2025 to 2026.
An overview of 16 to 19 education funding and how we calculate.
Rules and guidance for using 16 to 19 formula funding allocated by ESFA.
Information about how we allocate 16 to 19 funding to institutions.
A framework to help schools to collect information about their income and expenditure.
Guidance about accessing the LRS organisational portal and latest releases. Includes the monthly headline report for national learners aged 14+.
Registration documents for learner registration bodies (LRB) and awarding organisations to gain access to the learning records service (LRS) portal and services.
Information for local authorities and settings about early years funding for the 2025 to 2026 financial year.
The funding rates and formula used to calculate the education and skills funding arrangements for 16 to 19 year olds.
Guides for learning providers, local authorities and awarding organisations on how to use the learning records service and manage event data challenges.
Guidance on DfE's post-16 funding assurance process for further education and new apprenticeship providers.
Guidance for academy trusts, external auditors and reporting accountants on preparing, auditing and submitting an academy trust's annual financial statements.
Details of the funding system used for apprenticeship frameworks and standards from 1 May 2017.
Information for local authorities, schools and colleges about high needs funding arrangements for the 2025 to 2026 financial and academic year.
Details of individualised learner record (ILR) data collection periods, proposed essential maintenance windows and planned learning aims reference data updates.
Statutory guidance for local authorities on producing and amending school financing schemes.
A tool and user guides to help further education (FE) providers submit accurate and complete individualised learner record (ILR) data returns.
How to create an academies complaints procedure that complies with the Education (Independent School Standards) (England) Regulations 2014.
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