Guidance

Earnings adjustment statement (EAS)

Information about how to claim funding for some types of learning adjustments that you cannot report in the individualised learner record (ILR).

Applies to England

What is the earnings adjustment statement

The earnings adjustment statement (EAS) is an online process that you use to claim funding that you cannot report in the ILR. This is not a mandatory return; you only use the EAS when you are claiming for the following funding:

  • excess learning support
  • Prince’s Trust
  • authorised claims (including audit adjustments)
  • learner support
  • vulnerable student bursary, the discretionary bursary and free meals
  • earnings adjustments for devolved authorities

You cannot claim exceptional learning support through EAS. To do this, you must complete the exceptional learning support cost form.

How to submit the EAS

The EAS is a comma separated value (CSV) data collection and you must upload your submission through submit learner data.

We publish annual EAS guidance to help you get your submissions right as specified in the funding rules. It’s important that you use the format shown in our example file so that your submission is approved.

Deadline for submissions

You can submit an EAS for the 2023 to 2024 year any time up to the close of R14 in October 2024.

Getting paid

We pay you monthly in arrears for all provision except devolved adult education budget. We will add the extra funding you claim through the EAS to your ILR earnings. We will pay you each month at a contract level.

Updates to this page

Published 28 February 2020
Last updated 26 September 2023 + show all updates
  1. We have added information about the earnings adjustment statement 2023 to 2024. You can submit an EAS for 2022 to 2023, any time up to the close of R14 in October 2023 and any time up to the close of R14 in October 2024 for 2023 to 2024.

  2. We have added a link to the 2020 to 2021 Earnings adjustments statement guidance

  3. First published.

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