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Information for colleges, training organisations and employers about the learning aim reference service, also known as LARS.
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.…
Guidance on DfE's post-16 funding assurance process for further education and new apprenticeship providers.
Summary This document presents an overview of the Department for Education…
Summary This document gives an overview of the Department for Education…
Overview This document raises awareness of the common post-16 funding…
Guides for learning providers, local authorities and awarding organisations on how to use the learning records service and manage event data challenges.
Registration documents for learning providers and awarding organisations to gain access to the learning records service (LRS) portal and services.
Rules and guidance for using 16 to 19 formula funding allocated by ESFA.
The funding rates and formula used to calculate the education and skills funding arrangements for 16 to 19 year olds.
Documents to help schools, colleges and training providers (LRBs) produce and upload batch files and deal with exceptions.
Details for 16 to 19 funded institutions on how funding will work in academic year 2025 to 2026.
Use the validation tool to test if a batch file you have prepared for upload is in the correct format.
Guides for awarding organisations registered with the LRS who are using the organisation portal batch load transaction.
Where to find a list of publicly-funded further education (FE) colleges in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Information for local authorities, school leaders and governing bodies about their schools forum obligations and duties.
How to create an academies complaints procedure that complies with the Education (Independent School Standards) (England) Regulations 2014.
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 contact the learning records service (LRS) for help, support, or to make a complaint.
Learning Records Service (LRS) web services provide system-to-system communications over a network.
Skills Bootcamp funding guidance for learners starting Skills Bootcamps under contracts with DfE.
Sets out details of the classification and coding system used to record non-regulated activity in the Individualised Learner Record (ILR).
Information for local authorities, schools and colleges about high needs funding arrangements for the 2025 to 2026 financial and academic year.
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