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Guidance for education providers on how to claim funding that you cannot report in the individualised learner record (ILR).
Guidance about programme cost weightings in the 16 to 19 funding formula for sector subject areas from academic year 2023 to 2024.
Explains how we calculate your 16 to 19 funding allocation.
Using subcontractors in the delivery of apprenticeships, with some illustrative examples.
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.
Statutory guidance for the development and review of local skills improvement plans (LSIPs).
Training provider agreement with the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) to pay training providers to carry out apprenticeship training.
Technical documents for the apprentice bulk upload facility for training providers to use in the apprenticeship service.
Guidance on DfE's post-16 funding assurance process for further education and new apprenticeship providers.
Explains how we calculate the different funding lines for adult education and skills funding.
Sets out how the ESFA assesses the financial health of non-college training organisations that it holds or may hold a contract with.
Definitions and guidance for each category on the learning aim reference service (LARS).
Guidance for all institutions with a 16 to 18 Residential Support Scheme (RSS) allocation in the academic year 2025 to 2026.
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.
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.
Information on the large programme uplift, which applies to high quality, larger study programmes that provide students with additional stretch and challenge.
Information about ESFA education and skills agreements and accountability agreements for 2024 to 2025.
Guidance on how we allocate funding for this grant.
Explains how the FE capital transformation fund allocation is calulated and what eligible colleges and designated institutions can spend their allocations on.
Grant funding agreements and contracts issued to providers, which are either extensions of the 2023 to 2024 agreements and contracts or recently procured contracts.
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