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A comprehensive set of QAR resources to offer information and support for training providers.
Information about DfE education and skills agreements and accountability agreements for 2025 to 2026.
What is expected of a registered apprenticeship training provider.
Information for providers and local authorities about funding for post-16 education and training.
Information for colleges, training organisations and employers about advanced learner loans.
Details of the funding system used for apprenticeship frameworks and standards from 1 May 2017.
Sets out the rules for provision funded by learners through advanced learner loans the funding year.
Check if your students are compliant with the maths and English condition of funding.
Information about Skills Bootcamps for potential suppliers.
Information about how we allocate 16 to 19 funding to institutions.
Sets out the rules that apply to ESFA funded AEB provision for the 2023 to 2024 funding year.
Information for providers and employers about the employer support fund (ESF) for the 2025 to 2026 financial year.
Skills Bootcamp funding guidance for learners starting Skills Bootcamps under contracts with DfE.
Templates and guidance for colleges and training organisations to use to provide data information to prospective learners.
What training providers need to do to assess apprentices' prior learning and experience. Including how to record prior learning and calculate price reductions.
National income scales for students applying for Dance and Drama Awards funding.
Details for 16 to 19 funded institutions on how funding will work in academic year 2024 to 2025.
Details of the bursary payment some apprentices may be entitled to if they are under 25 when they start an apprenticeship and they are or have been in care.
Guidance for institutions delivering post-16 education on the National Insurance contributions (NICs) grant for financial year 2025 to 2026.
Information on how we allocate adult skills funding, loan facilities and bursaries, apprenticeships carry-in and non-levy extensions to providers.
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