19+ funding allocations and performance management
Applies to adult education budget, 19 to 24 traineeships, advanced learner loans, 16 to 18 traineeships and non-levy apprenticeships.
Introduction
All providers must abide by performance management rules for adult education budget, 19 to 24 traineeships, advanced learner loans, 16 to 18 traineeships and non-levy apprenticeship funding.
This guide provides information about:
- funding allocations
- funding and contract values, which we update during the funding year following any performance management actions
- funding rules
- performance management
- guidance on the funding claims process
We have published information about funding rules on the ESFA funding rules, rates and formula collection page.
We also published information on qualification achievement rates and how we monitor funding rules.
Funding allocations guidance
These pages detail information on how we allocate ESFA funding for the adult skills fund (previously adult education budget), advanced learner loans, traineeships and non-procured apprenticeships, including the current allocation timeline.
Published allocations
These pages detail the funding allocation values for colleges, training organisations and employers with an adult education budget, apprenticeship, advanced learner loan or traineeship ESFA contract from each academic year published on GOV.UK.
Performance management
These apply to all providers receiving ESFA funding for the adult education budget, advanced learner loans, traineeships and non-procured apprenticeships.
Funding claims
The funding claims documents are relevant to all providers that are completing a funding claim return for:
- 16 to 19 funding
- adult education budget
- discretionary learner support and advanced learner loans bursary
- advanced learner loans
- community learning
Funding calculations
The ‘mainstream funding calculations rule-base for adult skills’ guidance is aimed at software suppliers and people developing internal software.
The adult skills funding calculation included training:
- delivered through the adult education budget
- for apprenticeship frameworks that started before 1 May 2017
- delivered under an advanced learner loan
Related information
Providers that also access 16 to 19 funding streams may find the information on our 16 to 19 funding collection page useful.
Updates to this page
Last updated 29 September 2021 + show all updates
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We have added the link for the 16 to 18 traineeship market entry form.
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AEB performance management requests page added to the 'performance management' section.
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We have updated our collection page to make information easier to find for customers
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Added link to the apprenticeship grant for employers allocation adjustment request form.
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SFA growth request form added - allows providers to request an increase to financial year contract value for periods 1 to 8 (August 2014 to March 2015).
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The 2014 to 2015 funding year contract values have now been published.
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First published.