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How Department for Education (DfE) funded 16 to 19 providers can make a funding claim for these schemes
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…
Overview This guidance raises awareness of the common post-16 funding…
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) closed on 31 March 2025.…
Information for Department for Education funded post-16 education and skills providers on the funding claims and reconciliation process.
1. Changes from 2024 to 2025 we have removed the requirement to sign the…
Introduction The aim of this document is to: provide an overview of the…
A comprehensive set of QAR resources to offer information and support for training providers.
Details of individualised learner record (ILR) data collection periods, proposed essential maintenance windows and planned learning aims reference data updates.
A tool and user guides to help further education (FE) providers submit accurate and complete individualised learner record (ILR) data returns.
The enter learning data (ELD) service helps learning providers manage their data and get the right structure for their individualised learner record (ILR) files.
College and local authority annual accountability statements and local needs duty information for 2026 to 2027.
How to prepare and submit annual report and financial statements (accounts) to the Department for Education.
For college governors, accounting officers, chief financial officers, governance professionals and auditors.
These documents specify how and when learner data collected is presented for analysis.
A tool that helps smaller learning providers get the right structure for their individualised learner record (ILR) files.
The regularly updated known issues document gives information on service problems we are aware of.
Sets out how the Department for Education (DfE) assesses the financial health of non-college training organisations that it holds or may hold a contract with.
Information about how to claim funding for some types of learning adjustments that you cannot report in the individualised learner record (ILR).
Guidance for sixth-form and further education colleges on preparing and submitting their College Financial Forecasting Return (CFFR) and supporting commentary.
Templates and guidance for colleges and training organisations to use to provide data information to prospective learners.
Guidance on how to spot errors with your individualised learner record (ILR) data and how to resolve them.
Technical documents for the apprentice bulk upload facility for training providers to use in the apprenticeship service.
Sets out details of the classification and coding system used to record non-regulated activity in the Individualised Learner Record (ILR).
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