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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.
Funding rules for the Dance and Drama Awards scheme which is income assessed support for tuition fees and living costs.
Guidance on funding for international study and work placements through the Turing Scheme, for schools, further education and higher education providers.
Statutory guidance for the development and review of local skills improvement plans (LSIPs).
Information about in-year growth funding for 16 to 19 education (including up to 24 for those with high needs) for academic year 2025 to 2026.
Guidance for education providers on how to claim funding that you cannot report in the individualised learner record (ILR).
Technical documents for the apprentice bulk upload facility for training providers to use in the apprenticeship service.
Guidance on how we allocate funding for this grant.
Information for institutions with 16 to 18 Residential Bursary Fund allocations in academic year 2025 to 2026.
Methodology for establishing maximum amounts for advanced learner loans designated qualifications and the maximum amounts for the funding year.
Funding to support the delivery of English and maths to those students who have not yet attained a grade 9 to 4 GCSE or equivalent in either or both subjects.
Helps you understand how we have calculated 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 the FE capital transformation fund allocation is calulated and what eligible colleges and designated institutions can spend their allocations on.
Guidance for all institutions with a 16 to 18 Residential Support Scheme (RSS) allocation in the academic year 2025 to 2026.
How lead providers can declare their subcontracting arrangements.
Guidance for all institutions with a 16 to 18 Residential Support Scheme (RSS) allocation for the 2024 to 2025 academic year.
Funding rates that will apply from academic year 2024 to 2025 for adult skills provision funded by Department for Education.
Grant funding agreements and contracts issued to providers, which are either extensions of the 2023 to 2024 agreements and contracts or recently procured contracts.
Guidance for FE ITE providers about bursary funding for the 2024 to 2025 academic year.
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