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Find and apply for a further or adult education course and work out what financial help you can get
Further education (FE) includes any study after secondary education that’s…
Use the National Careers Service course search to find further education…
If you’re aged 16 or 17 you can study a further education (FE) course:…
You may be able to get help with the costs of: your course day-to-day…
Sixth form, further education (like college), higher education (like university), apprenticeships and skills based training available.
Find out about the role of national leaders of further education and how they support college improvement.
Information on how we allocate adult skills funding, loan facilities and bursaries, apprenticeships carry-in and non-levy extensions to providers.
Guidance to help further education (FE) providers understand what capital funding is available, who can apply and how funding can be used to improve estates.
Information on learners, learning programmes and learner achievement.
Statistics on participation and learner outcomes in the further education and skills sector, including apprenticeships, reported from January 2014 to date.
Current education level can affect your Universal Credit if you’re a student, or if your child is aged 16 to 19 and in education.
Complain about a further education college, business providing apprenticeships or other adult education institution - complaints process, when to complain to the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA)
We work with further education (FE) colleges to improve their quality and financial resilience and with local authorities delivering further education. The Further Education Commissioner is part of the Department for Education .
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