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Technical documents for the apprentice bulk upload facility for training providers to use in the apprenticeship service.
Find out about the Further Education Condition Data Collection 2 (FE CDC2) programme and when preliminary meetings and site visits will take place.
Guidance for the FE sector in England to help them meet ‘Managing Public Money’ requirements, and other obligations resulting from reclassification.
Guidance for education providers on how to claim funding that you cannot report in the individualised learner record (ILR).
Information on how DfE monitors post-16 data returns to ensure funding is eligible and the data used to drive funding calculations and allocations processes is robust.
Information for software suppliers and FE providers that write their own software about learning aims and data sources for individualised learner records (ILR).
A tool to help colleges compare their financial performance with others in the sector.
A step by step process for ILR data returns, what you need to do and where to do it.
Financial handbook for independent training providers in receipt of funds from the Department for Education (DfE).
Explains how selected independent training providers (ITPs) should submit financial forecasts.
Letters from ESFA on the reclassification of the college sector, along with a new borrowing request form and a college interim regularity return
ILR FileMerge helps you prepare a single Individualised Learner Record (ILR) file to upload to the Funding Information Service (FIS) or Submit Learner Data.
Information about the intervention framework for post-16 education and skills providers.
Information outlining good practice in college corporation financial management and assurance
Guidance for Department for Education (DfE) funded training providers on record keeping and retention
Information about financial assurance and financial management of 16 to 19 institutions, including sixth-form and further education colleges that are funded by Education and Skills and Funding Agency (ESFA).
How colleges can request approval for non-delegated transactions from the Department for Education (DfE).
The supporting evidence that colleges should provide when requesting approval for non-delegated transactions.
Guide to Ofqual's submission process.
Information on using the AFED dashboard.
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