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  • Guidance on DfE's post-16 funding assurance process for further education and new apprenticeship providers.

  • Subcontracting assurance arrangements for all Department for Education (DfE) funded post-16 providers.

  • 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 on funding for international study and work placements through the Turing Scheme, for schools, further education and higher education providers.

  • Advice about individualised learner record (ILR) funding returns for institutions funded by Department for Education.

  • 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.

  • 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 DfE education and skills agreements and accountability agreements for 2025 to 2026.

  • Information about how to claim funding for some types of learning adjustments that you cannot report in the individualised learner record (ILR).

  • 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.

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

  • Details for 16 to 19 funded institutions on how funding will work in academic year 2024 to 2025.

  • The rules providers must follow when using subcontractors to provide post-16 education and training (excluding apprenticeships).

  • Guidance about programme cost weightings in the 16 to 19 funding formula for sector subject areas from academic year 2023 to 2024.

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

  • Explains how we calculate your 16 to 19 funding allocation.

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

  • Explains how we calculate the different funding lines for adult education and skills funding.

  • Funding rules for the Dance and Drama Awards scheme which is income assessed support for tuition fees and living costs.

  • Explains how the FE capital transformation fund allocation is calulated and what eligible colleges and designated institutions can spend their allocations on.