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Contact details for colleges and training providers with contracts to provide training and support through the European Social Fund (ESF).
Information for users on compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics and management of revisions to the SFR
Explains changes to the approach for calculating QSRs, which are used to assess the quality of publicly-funded provision.
Relates to the agreement between the Secretary of State for Education acting through the Skills Funding Agency (the SFA) on behalf of the Crown and providers who receive funding.
Funding for learning providers, employers and other organisations to develop flexible and accessible ways to teach adults.
Information for apprenticeship end-point assessment organisations, training providers and employers about policy changes for new standards being approved.
Information about processes we use to ensure that both further education providers and ourselves are able to evidence activity relating to learners and actual costs.
This document is for technical staff in FE and skills training providers and includes the rulebase which performs the funding calculation.
How the ESFA will apply minimum standards for 2018 to 2019
List of European Social Fund (ESF) contracts for the 2014 to 2020 programme that are managed by the ESFA in its role as an ESF opt-in organisation.
Letters to Mayoral Combined Authorities setting out implementation funding payments for 2019 to 2020.
An annotated version of the advanced learner loans bursary funding calculation for the 2015 to 2016 funding year.
A summary of the projects developed using CCF funding and resources developed by lead and partner colleges.
How to calculate funding for adult skills including 16 to 18 apprenticeships, OLASS and the loans bursary.
Summarises the changes the SFA plans to make to the adult skills system with the creation of the education budget following the publication of the Skills Funding Letter.
Technical specifications for funding calculations of further education for young people.
Information about ESFA Education and Skills agreements for 2020 to 2021
Information for organisations who received ESFA grant funded adult education budget (including community learning) in the 2020 to 2021 funding year and have not delivered at least 90% of their AEB allocation.
Project summaries and resources developed by providers through the further education (FE) professional development grants pilot, which ended on 31 March 2022.
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