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Explains how we calculate the different funding lines for adult education and skills funding.
Guidance about programme cost weightings in the 16 to 19 funding formula for sector subject areas from academic year 2023 to 2024.
Information for providers and local authorities about funding for post-16 education and training.
Subcontracting assurance arrangements for all Department for Education (DfE) funded post-16 providers.
Training provider agreement with the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) to pay training providers to carry out apprenticeship training.
Guidance about additional funding to encourage and support delivery of selected qualifications.
Guidance for maintained schools and academies with 16 to 19 provision on the teachers' pension scheme employer contribution grant.
Helps you understand how we have calculated your 16 to 19 funding allocation.
Templates and guidance for colleges and training organisations to use to provide data information to prospective learners.
How further education (FE) providers can apply for and manage bursary funding for the 2025 to 2026 academic year.
Information about how to claim funding for some types of learning adjustments that you cannot report in the individualised learner record (ILR).
Guidance on DfE's post-16 funding assurance process for further education and new apprenticeship providers.
Information allowing colleges established or designated under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 to compare their financial data with national totals and other organisations.
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.
What training providers need to do to assess apprentices' prior learning and experience. Including how to record prior learning and calculate price reductions.
Funding rules for the Dance and Drama Awards scheme which is income assessed support for tuition fees and living costs.
The rules providers must follow when using subcontractors to provide post-16 education and training (excluding apprenticeships).
Explains how we calculate your 16 to 19 funding allocation.
Methodology for establishing maximum amounts for advanced learner loans designated qualifications and the maximum amounts for the funding year.
Guidance on funding for international study and work placements through the Turing Scheme, for schools, further education and higher education providers.
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