Adult education funding

Adult education budget (AEB) funding, rules for training providers, and changes to allocation in the current academic year.

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Services

• Adult skills fund (ASF) performance management requests

  Providers should use the ASF performance request form when submitting requests as described on this page.

• Exceptional learning support – cost form

  Use these forms to submit estimated costs and final claims for exceptional learning support.

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Guidance and regulation

• Adult skills fund: funding rules for 2024 to 2025
  • Guidance
  • 18 July 2024
  • Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Adult education budget (AEB) funding rules 2023 to 2024
  • Guidance
  • 14 May 2024
  • Education and Skills Funding Agency
• ESFA funding claims and reconciliation
  • Guidance
  • 16 December 2024
  • Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Adult skills fund: funding rates and formula 2024 to 2025
  • Guidance
  • 24 July 2024
  • Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Adult skills fund: guidance for devolved authorities
  • Guidance
  • 18 December 2024
  • Department for Education

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News and communications

• Adult education budget: devolved grant determination letters 2024
  • 29 August 2024
  • Department for Education
  • Correspondence
• Adult education budget: devolved grant determination letters 2022
  • 12 April 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Correspondence
• Adult education budget: devolved grant determination letters 2023
  • 6 April 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Correspondence
• Multiply funding: S31 grant determination (ring-fenced) letter
  • 30 March 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Correspondence
• Adult education budget: devolved grant determination letters 2021
  • 21 May 2021
  • Department for Education
  • Correspondence

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Research and statistics

• Cost and outreach pilot evaluation: interim findings
  • 18 July 2019
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• Local skills case study
  • 29 March 2017
  • Department for Education
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Adult education devolution
  • 13 September 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Funding allocations to training providers: 2024 to 2025
  • 23 October 2024
  • Education and Skills Funding Agency
  • Transparency
• Funding allocations to training providers: 2023 to 2024
  • 15 May 2024
  • Education and Skills Funding Agency
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Education & Skills Funding Agency
• Department for Education

• Ofsted