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Further education funding

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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.