ESFA Update further education: 31 May 2023
Published 31 May 2023
Applies to England
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1. Information: year-end funding claim for 2022 to 2023
The year-end funding claim window will open at 9am on Thursday 8 June 2023.
Please submit your year-end funding claim by 5pm on Tuesday 13 June 2023. The claim form will be available on submit learner data. The funding claims user guide is available to help you complete the form.
You will need to submit a claim if you receive funds through these contracts:
- grant funded - ESFA funded adult education budget (AEB) (adult skills, community learning, 19 to 24 traineeships and national skills fund Level 3 adult offer (Level 3 Free Courses for Jobs))
- grant funded - advanced learner loans bursary (ALLB)
- 16 to 19 education
Once you have submitted your year-end funding claim on submit learner data, you will also be able to view it on Manage your education and skills funding.
You must not enter any adjustments relating to the earnings boost in your funding claim, we will do this after you have submitted the claim. Your indicative reconciliation statement will include the earnings boost that we have calculated.
If you have any queries, please use ESFA help centre to contact us.
2. Information: ESFA funded adult education budget funding rates and formula guide 2023 to 2024, version 1
We have published version 1 of the adult education budget (AEB) funding rates and formula guide for 2023 to 2024.
This document sets out how we will fund activity for ESFA funded AEB and continuing 16 to 18 traineeships. In this version, we have described:
- how we fund learning through the new AEB procurement that has taken place.
- how we are integrating traineeship provision into the AEB for new learning starting from 1 August 2023.
- a change to the procured and non-procured version of the “National Skills Fund” funding line types to “NSF Free Courses for Jobs” funding line types.
This guide covers delivery starting in the 2023 to 2024 funding year. We may publish further updates through the course of the year and we will tell you about any changes in ESFA Update.
If you have any queries after reading our guidance contact us, marking your query for the attention of the 19+ Calculations group.
3. Information: watch the launch of the Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers 2023
This year’s Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers will be announced during a special live broadcast taking place at 2.00pm on Thursday 29 June.
The 90-minute broadcast will include a full countdown of the 2023 rankings, insights into the characteristics of top employers, and interviews with representatives of those who have made it into the Top 100 and Top 50 SMEs this year.
To watch the live broadcast – on your smart TV or laptop – simply register online.