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Advice for institutions on the financial support young people may be able to access to help them participate in education and training.
Guidance about accessing the LRS organisational portal and latest releases. Includes the monthly headline report for national learners aged 14+.
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) closed on 31 March 2025.…
Information for colleges, training organisations and employers about the learning aim reference service, also known as LARS.
Rules and guidance for using 16 to 19 formula funding allocated by ESFA.
Guides for learning providers, local authorities and awarding organisations on how to use the learning records service and manage event data challenges.
The funding rates and formula used to calculate the education and skills funding arrangements for 16 to 19 year olds.
Registration documents for learning providers and awarding organisations to gain access to the learning records service (LRS) portal and services.
Details for 16 to 19 funded institutions on how funding will work in academic year 2025 to 2026.
A tool that helps smaller learning providers get the right structure for their individualised learner record (ILR) files.
A framework to help schools to collect information about their income and expenditure.
Information for local authorities, school leaders and governing bodies about their schools forum obligations and duties.
Skills Bootcamp funding guidance for learners starting Skills Bootcamps under contracts with DfE.
The Funding Information Service (FIS) is an offline tool for checking your individualised learner record (ILR) data.
Information about how industry placements for T Levels work and how employers can get involved.
Where to find a list of publicly-funded further education (FE) colleges in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Details of individualised learner record (ILR) data collection periods, proposed essential maintenance windows and planned learning aims reference data updates.
These documents specify how and when learner data collected is presented for analysis.
The matrix standard is the the international quality standard for organisations that deliver information, advice and/or guidance to clients either as their sole purpose or as part of their wider service offer
How to create an academies complaints procedure that complies with the Education (Independent School Standards) (England) Regulations 2014.
ILR FileMerge helps you prepare a single Individualised Learner Record (ILR) file to upload to the Funding Information Service (FIS) or Submit Learner Data.
Do not include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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