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Further education funding

Guidance and regulation

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  • This information allows further education colleges, sixth form colleges, and designated institutions established under the provisions of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 to compare their financial data with national…

  • Statutory guidance for the development and review of local skills improvement plans (LSIPs).

  • Guidance for FE ITE providers about bursary funding for the 2024 to 2025 academic year.

  • Templates and guidance for colleges and training organisations to use to provide data information to prospective learners.

  • Information about in-year growth funding for 2023 to 2024.

  • Training provider agreement with the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) to pay training providers to carry out apprenticeship training.

  • What training providers need to do to assess apprentices' prior learning and experience. Including how to record prior learning and calculate price reductions.

  • Information about ESFA Education and Skills agreements for 2023 to 2024.

  • Sets out how the ESFA assesses the financial health of non-college training organisations that it holds or may hold a contract with.

  • Technical guidance on calculating funding allocations for 2024 to 2025.

  • Quarterly reporting guidance and form for local areas using Multiply funding to improve adult numeracy skills.

  • Sets out the learning aim class codes relevant to apprenticeship standards and funding bands that were applied to apprenticeship frameworks

  • Information for organisations who need to access Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) funding and data systems.

  • Explains the funding T Level providers will get through the employer support fund. Providers will pay employers for legitimate costs for industry placements.

  • The advanced maths premium is funding for additional students studying an eligible level 3 maths qualification.

  • Information for independent learning providers (ILPs) funded by ESFA.

  • Grant funding agreements and contracts issued to providers, which are either extensions of the 2023 to 2024 agreements and contracts or recently procured contracts.

  • 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.

  • 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 about how to get ESFA funding for post-16 education and training.