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The funding rates and formula used to calculate the education and skills funding arrangements for 16 to 19 year olds.
Information about how 16 to 19 funding is allocated to colleges, providers, schools and academies.
Information for employers about getting a levy transfer to pay for apprenticeship training and assessment costs.
Guidance for devolved authorities to support their use of the adult skills fund.
Details of the 2024 to 2025 funding system for the ESFA funded adult skills fund (ASF).
ESFA national income scales for students applying for Dance and Drama Awards funding for 2024 to 2025 academic year.
Details of the funding system used for apprenticeship frameworks and standards from 1 May 2017.
Guidance to help provide free meals to disadvantaged 16 to 18 year old students in further education funded institutions.
Guidance for providers explaining the policy decisions which have informed the adult skills fund funding rules.
Sets out the rules for provision funded by learners through advanced learner loans.
Information on how we allocate adult skills funding, facilities and bursaries, apprenticeships carry-in and non-levy extensions to providers.
Details for 16 to 19 funded institutions on how funding will work in academic year 2023 to 2024.
Skills Bootcamp funding guidance for learners starting Skills Bootcamps under contracts with ESFA.
Information on how ESFA monitors the data that providers return as part of the assurance work that reviews how the funding system and funding rules operate.
Information for colleges, training organisations and employers about advanced learner loans.
Sets out the learning aim class codes relevant to apprenticeship standards and funding bands that are applied to apprenticeship frameworks.
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 in-year growth funding for 16 to 19 education (including up to 24 for those with high needs) for academic year 2024 to 2025.
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.
Guidance for maintained schools and academies with 16 to 19 provision on the teachers' pension scheme employer contribution grant for 2024 to 2025 financial year.
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