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How further education (FE) providers can apply for and manage bursary funding for the 2025 to 2026 academic year.
Sets out the learning aim class codes relevant to apprenticeship standards and funding bands that are applied to apprenticeship frameworks.
Guidance on funding for international study and work placements through the Turing Scheme, for schools, further education and higher education providers.
The rules providers must follow when using subcontractors to provide post-16 education and training (excluding apprenticeships).
Training provider agreement with the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) to pay training providers to carry out apprenticeship training.
How the further education (FE) college condition allocation is calculated and what FE colleges and designated institutions can spend their allocations on.
Information for Department for Education funded post-16 education and skills providers on the funding claims and reconciliation process.
Guidance on DfE's post-16 funding assurance process for further education and new apprenticeship providers.
Information about how to claim funding for some types of learning adjustments that you cannot report in the individualised learner record (ILR).
The high value courses premium (HVCP) is additional funding to encourage and support delivery of selected level 3 courses in subjects that lead to higher wage returns, to enable a more productive economy.
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.
Guidance for maintained schools and academies with 16 to 19 provision on the teachers' pension scheme employer contribution grant.
Statutory guidance for the development and review of local skills improvement plans (LSIPs).
Explains how we calculate your 16 to 19 funding allocation.
Subcontracting assurance arrangements for all Department for Education (DfE) funded post-16 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.
Sets out how the ESFA assesses the financial health of non-college training organisations that it holds or may hold a contract with.
Methodology for establishing maximum amounts for advanced learner loans designated qualifications and the maximum amounts for the funding year.
Guidance about programme cost weightings in the 16 to 19 funding formula for sector subject areas from academic year 2023 to 2024.
An overview of capital funding for post-16 education providers, the type of funding available, what it can be used for and when to apply.
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