Education Funding UK
Online resources to assist education and training providers.
16 to 19 bursary fund guide 2020 to 2021 academic year
16 to 19 bursary fund guide 2020 to 2021 academic year [16-19 funding financial support 2020 to 2021]
16 to 19 education (Non Apprenticeship): market entry
16 to 19 education (Non Apprenticeship): market entry [16-19 funding]
16 to 19 education: financial management and assurance
16 to 19 education: financial management and assurance [funding esfa management]
16 to 19 education: financial support for students
16 to 19 education: financial support for students [16-19 funding financial support]
16 to 19 education: funding allocations
16 to 19 education: funding allocations [16-19 funding allocation]
16 to 19 education: funding guidance
16 to 19 education: funding guidance [16-19 funding]
16 to 19 education: independent learning providers
16 to 19 education: independent learning providers [16-19 funding]
16 to 19 funding allocations supporting documents for 2020 to 2021
16 to 19 funding allocations supporting documents for 2020 to 2021 [16-19 funding allocation 2020 to 2021]
16 to 19 funding allocations supporting documents for 2021 to 2022
16 to 19 funding allocations supporting documents for 2021 to 2022 [16-19 funding allocation 2021 to 2022]
16 to 19 funding study programmes: work experience
16 to 19 funding study programmes: work experience [16-19 funding]
16 to 19 funding: 16 to 19 tuition fund
16 to 19 funding: 16 to 19 tuition fund [16-19 funding covid-19]
16 to 19 funding: advanced maths premium
16 to 19 funding: advanced maths premium [16-19 funding]
16 to 19 funding: High Value Courses Premium
16 to 19 funding: High Value Courses Premium [16-19 funding]
16 to 19 funding: how it works
16 to 19 funding: how it works [16-19 funding]
16 to 19 funding: information for 2020 to 2021
16 to 19 funding: information for 2020 to 2021 [16-19 funding 2020 to 2021]
16 to 19 funding: Level 3 programme maths and English payment
16 to 19 funding: Level 3 programme maths and English payment [16-19 funding]
16 to 19 funding: maths and English condition of funding
16 to 19 funding: maths and English condition of funding [16-19 funding condition of funding]
16 to 19 funding: planned hours in study programmes
16 to 19 funding: planned hours in study programmes [16-19 funding]
16 to 19 funding: programme cost weighting changes
16 to 19 funding: programme cost weighting changes [16-19 funding]
16 to 19 study programmes: guide for providers
16 to 19 study programmes: guide for providers [16-19 funding]
19+ funding allocation guidance 2019 to 2020
19+ funding allocation guidance 2019 to 2020 [aeb adult education budget allocation 2019 to 2020]
19+ funding allocations [aeb adult education budget allocation]
19+ funding allocations guidance 2020 to 2021
19+ funding allocations guidance 2020 to 2021 [aeb adult education budget allocation 2020 to 2021]
AAT [awarding bodies]
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants)
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) [awarding bodies]
Adult education budget (AEB) devolution
Adult education budget (AEB) devolution [aeb adult education budget devolution]
Adult education budget (AEB) funding rules 2019 to 2020
Adult education budget (AEB) funding rules 2019 to 2020 [aeb adult education budget 2019 to 2020 19+ funding funding rules abr19 abr]
Adult education budget (AEB) funding rules 2020 to 2021
Adult education budget (AEB) funding rules 2020 to 2021 [aeb adult education budget 2020 to 2021 19+ funding funding rules abr20 abr]
Adult education budget (AEB) funding rules 2021 to 2022
Adult education budget (AEB) funding rules 2021 to 2022 [aeb adult education budget 2021 to 2022 funding rules abr21 abr]
Adult Education Budget (AEB) postcode files
Adult Education Budget (AEB) postcode files [aeb adult education budget devolution]
Adult education budget (AEB): funding rates and formula 2019 to 2020
Adult education budget (AEB): funding rates and formula 2019 to 2020 [aeb adult education budget 2019 to 2020 abf19]
Adult education budget (AEB): funding rates and formula 2020 to 2021
Adult education budget (AEB): funding rates and formula 2020 to 2021 [aeb adult education budget 2020 to 2021 abf20]
Adult education budget (AEB): funding rates and formula 2021 to 2022
Adult education budget (AEB): funding rates and formula 2021 to 2022 [aeb adult education budget 2021 to 2022 abf abf21]
Adult education budget devolution operational guidance
Adult education budget devolution operational guidance [aeb adult education budget devolution]
Adult education budget: legal entitlements and qualification eligibility principles 2018 to 2019
Adult education budget: legal entitlements and qualification eligibility principles 2018 to 2019 [aeb adult education budget 2018 to 2019]
Advanced learner loans funding rules 2019 to 2020
Advanced learner loans funding rules 2019 to 2020 [all advanced learner loan 2019 to 2020 funding rules all19]
Advanced learner loans funding rules 2020 to 2021
Advanced learner loans funding rules 2020 to 2021 [all advanced learner loan 2020 to 2021 funding rules all20]
Advanced learner loans funding rules 2021 to 2022
Advanced learner loans funding rules 2021 to 2022 [all advanced learner loan 2021 to 2022 funding rules all21]
Advanced learner loans: an overview
Advanced learner loans: an overview [all advanced learner loan]
Advanced learner loans: funding information letter templates
Advanced learner loans: funding information letter templates [all advanced learner loan]
Advice: funding regulations for post-16 provision
Advice: funding regulations for post-16 provision [16-19 funding funding rules 2019 to 2020 2020 to 2021 2021 to 2022 ypr]
AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group
AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group [awarding bodies]
Amazing Apprenticeships [apprenticeships]
Appendices, validation rules, and schema ILR 2020 to 2021
Appendices, validation rules, and schema ILR 2020 to 2021 [ilr 2020 to 2021]
Appendices, validation rules, and schema ILR 2021 to 2022
Appendices, validation rules, and schema ILR 2021 to 2022 [ilr 2021 to 2022]
Applying for and delivering industry placements: Capacity and Delivery Fund (CDF) for the 2021 to 2022 academic year [capacity and delivery fund industry placements 2021 to 2022]
Apprenticeship funding rules [funding apprenticeship funding apprenticeships funding rules]
Apprenticeship Service [online services apprenticeships]
Apprenticeship technical funding guide
Apprenticeship technical funding guide [funding apprenticeship funding apprenticeships]
Apprenticeships (GOV.UK) [apprenticeships]
Apprenticeships and Technical Education's (IFATE) revisions status report
Apprenticeships and Technical Education's (IFATE) revisions status report [apprenticeships online services]
AQA [awarding bodies]
Ascentis [awarding bodies]
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA)
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) [aeb adult education budget devolution devolved authority cpca]
Check how accurate your ILR data is with FIS
Check how accurate your ILR data is with FIS [fis]
Check ILR reports for possible data errors in your return
Check ILR reports for possible data errors in your return [funding ilr guidance]
City and Guilds [awarding bodies]
College financial planning handbook and financial plan
College financial planning handbook and financial plan [funding esfa management]
College oversight: support and intervention
College oversight: support and intervention [management]
Companies House Register [online services]
Data collection maintenance schedule
Data collection maintenance schedule [ilr]
DfE eTendering Portal (Jaggaer)
DfE eTendering Portal (Jaggaer) [management allocation]
DfE Services [online services]
EAL [awarding bodies]
Earnings adjustment statement (EAS)
Earnings adjustment statement (EAS) [eas]
Education and Skills Funding Agency Homepage
Education and Skills Funding Agency Homepage [esfa]
Educational Setting Status (form)
Educational Setting Status (form) [covid-19]
Employer Data Service [online services apprenticeships]
ESFA Communities [support guidance esfa]
ESFA Education and Skills agreements 2020 to 2021
ESFA Education and Skills agreements 2020 to 2021 [management 2020 to 2021]
ESFA financial assurance: monitoring the funding rules
ESFA financial assurance: monitoring the funding rules [management]
ESFA financial health assessment
ESFA financial health assessment [management]
ESFA financial management: college accounts
ESFA financial management: college accounts [funding esfa management]
ESFA funded 16 to 18 traineeships
ESFA funded 16 to 18 traineeships [traineeships traineeship funding]
ESFA funding agreements and contracts
ESFA funding agreements and contracts [funding esfa]
ESFA funding claims and reconciliation
ESFA funding claims and reconciliation [funding claims]
ESFA Information Exchange [esfa online services]
ESFA List of Qualifications approved for funding
ESFA List of Qualifications approved for funding [esfa funding qualifications online services fqs]
ESFA list of qualifications approved for funding 14 to 19
ESFA list of qualifications approved for funding 14 to 19 [funding qualifications]
ESFA post-16: intervention and accountability
ESFA post-16: intervention and accountability [funding esfa management]
ESFA Update [esfa]
Field collection requirement tables (2020 to 2021)
Field collection requirement tables (2020 to 2021) [ilr 2020 to 2021]
Field collection requirement tables (latest version)
Field collection requirement tables (latest version) [ilr]
Find a course (National Careers Service)
Find a course (National Careers Service) [online services national careers service ncs qualifications]
Find a further education service
Find a further education service [esfa support]
Find a Learning Aim [funding qualifications online services fqs]
Find a traineeship [traineeships online services]
Find an Apprenticeship [apprenticeships online services]
Find an end-point assessment organisation for your apprentice
Find an end-point assessment organisation for your apprentice [apprenticeships end point assessment]
Find an inspection report [online services ofsted]
Find and compare schools in England
Find and compare schools in England [online services]
Free meals in further education funded institutions: guide for the 2020 to 2021 academic year
Free meals in further education funded institutions: guide for the 2020 to 2021 academic year [financial support free school meals 2020 to 2021]
Full-time enrolment of 14 to 16 year olds in further education and sixth-form colleges
Full-time enrolment of 14 to 16 year olds in further education and sixth-form colleges [funding 14-16 funding 2020 to 2021]
Funding allocations to training providers: 2019 to 2020
Funding allocations to training providers: 2019 to 2020 [management allocation]
Funding education for 16 to 19 year olds
Funding education for 16 to 19 year olds [16-19 funding]
Funding guidance for young people: ILR funding returns
Funding guidance for young people: ILR funding returns [16-19 funding 2018 to 2019 2019 to 2020 2020 to 2021 ypi]
Funding guidance for young people: subcontracting controls
Funding guidance for young people: subcontracting controls [16-19 funding 2017 to 2018 2018 to 2019 2019 to 2020 2020 to 2021 subcontracting yps]
Funding rates and formula [16-19 funding 2018 to 2019 2019 to 2020 2020 to 2021 ypf]
Get help with the apprenticeship service
Get help with the apprenticeship service [apprenticeships guidance online services]
Get information about schools [online services]
GLA Open Project System [devolved authority gla aeb adult education budget]
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Greater London Authority (GLA) [devolved authority gla aeb adult education budget devolution]
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) [aeb adult education budget devolution devolved authority gmca]
HESA [higher education]
HESA Data Collection [online services higher education]
HESA Graduate Outcomes [online services higher education]
HESA Heidi Plus [online services higher education]
HESA Identity System [online services higher education]
High needs benchmarking tool [high needs funding]
High Needs Funding (collection)
High Needs Funding (collection) [high needs funding]
High needs funding arrangements: 2019 to 2020
High needs funding arrangements: 2019 to 2020 [high needs funding 2019 to 2020]
High needs funding arrangements: 2020 to 2021
High needs funding arrangements: 2020 to 2021 [high needs funding 2020 to 2021]
High needs funding arrangements: 2021 to 2022
High needs funding arrangements: 2021 to 2022 [high needs funding 2021 to 2022]
High needs: allocated place numbers
High needs: allocated place numbers [high needs funding]
High value courses for school and college leavers: a one-year offer for 18 and 19-year-olds
High value courses for school and college leavers: a one-year offer for 18 and 19-year-olds [covid-19 covid skills offer]
Highfield Qualifications [awarding bodies]
Home Education [home education]
How ESFA maintains oversight of Independent Training Providers (ITPs)
How ESFA maintains oversight of Independent Training Providers (ITPs) [management]
How T Levels are funded [t levels t level funding]
How T Levels will be funded in academic year 2020 to 2021
How T Levels will be funded in academic year 2020 to 2021 [t levels t level funding 2020 to 2021]
How the ESFA measures the performance of FE providers it funds
How the ESFA measures the performance of FE providers it funds [qar management quality]
How to register to deliver T Levels in 2023 to 2024 academic year
How to register to deliver T Levels in 2023 to 2024 academic year [t levels 2023 to 2024]
How to use the apprenticeships standards revision status report
How to use the apprenticeships standards revision status report [apprenticeships]
Hub Reports [online services]
IDAMS Account [online services]
ILR data: provider data self-assessment toolkit (PDSAT)
ILR data: provider data self-assessment toolkit (PDSAT) [pdsat]
ILR specification, validation rules and appendices 2019 to 2020
ILR specification, validation rules and appendices 2019 to 2020 [ilr 2019 to 2020]
Industry placements [t levels cdf]
Industry placements: capacity and delivery fund (CDF) for 2019 to 2020 for providers in receipt of CDF in academic year 2018 to 2019 [capacity and delivery fund industry placements 2019 to 2020]
Industry placements: capacity and delivery fund (CDF) for providers delivering in 2020 to 2021 academic year [capacity and delivery fund industry placements 2020 to 2021]
Industry placements: capacity and delivery fund (CDF) for providers delivering in the 2021 to 2022 academic year [2021 to 2022 cdf t levels]
Industry placements: policy framework
Industry placements: policy framework [cdf t levels]
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education [apprenticeships t levels]
Interactive post-16 school census tool
Interactive post-16 school census tool [16-19 funding allocation]
Introduction of T Levels [t levels]
Learner Record Service (LRS) [online services]
Learner Support [financial support]
Learning aim class codes [ilr qualifications class codes]
Learning Aims Reference Service (LARS)
Learning Aims Reference Service (LARS) [funding qualifications online services]
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA)
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) [aeb adult education budget devolution devolved authority lcrca]
Manage Your Education and Skills Funding
Manage Your Education and Skills Funding [online services myesf]
MiDES Service [online services aoc rcu]
National funding formula tables for schools and high needs: 2018 to 2019
National funding formula tables for schools and high needs: 2018 to 2019 [high needs funding allocation 2018 to 2019]
National funding formula tables for schools and high needs: 2019 to 2020
National funding formula tables for schools and high needs: 2019 to 2020 [high needs funding allocation 2019 to 2020]
National Skills Fund [adult education budget funding national skills fund]
North of Tyne Combined Authority (NTCA)
North of Tyne Combined Authority (NTCA) [aeb adult education budget devolution devolved authority ntca]
NSS eXtranet [online services higher education]
OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA)
OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA) [awarding bodies]
Office for Students (OfS) [ofs office for students]
OfS Portal [online services higher education ofs office for students]
OfS Portal User Administration
OfS Portal User Administration [online services higher education ofs office for students]
Pearson [awarding bodies]
Post-16 audit code of practice
Post-16 audit code of practice [funding esfa management]
Procurement at DfE [dfe procurement]
Provider Support Manual (2018 to 2019)
Provider Support Manual (2018 to 2019) [ilr psm psm18 2018 to 2019]
Provider Support Manual (2019 to 2020)
Provider Support Manual (2019 to 2020) [ilr psm psm19 2019 to 2020]
Provider Support Manual (2020 to 2021)
Provider Support Manual (2020 to 2021) [ilr psm psm20 2020 to 2021]
Provider Support Manual (latest version)
Provider Support Manual (latest version) [ilr psm]
Publish to the Course Directory
Publish to the Course Directory [ncs national careers service online services]
Qualification achievement rates and minimum standards
Qualification achievement rates and minimum standards [qar quality management]
Qualifications and public funding
Qualifications and public funding [esfa funding qualifications]
Qualifications in new funded offers
Qualifications in new funded offers [covid skills offer national skills fund covid-19]
Recruit an apprentice [apprenticeships traineeships online services]
Recruit an apprentice (guidance)
Recruit an apprentice (guidance) [apprenticeships vacancies]
Register of apprenticeship training providers
Register of apprenticeship training providers [apprenticeships]
Register of Regulated Qualifications
Register of Regulated Qualifications [online services qualifications fqs]
Resources
School census 2020 to 2021: technical information
School census 2020 to 2021: technical information [school census]
Sheffield City Region (SCR) [aeb adult education budget devolution devolved authority scr]
Specification of the Individualised Learner Record (Latest Version)
Specification of the Individualised Learner Record (Latest Version) [ilr]
Specification of the Individualised Learner Record for 2020 to 2021
Specification of the Individualised Learner Record for 2020 to 2021 [ilr 2020 to 2021]
Statistics: national achievement rates tables
Statistics: national achievement rates tables [nar qar national achievement rates]
Student Finance England for practitioners
Student Finance England for practitioners [loans slc all tuition loan advanced learner loan]
Student guide: preparing for industry placements
Student guide: preparing for industry placements [t levels industry placements]
Submit Learner Data [online services ilr eas]
T Level action plan [t levels]
T Level industry placements delivery guidance
T Level industry placements delivery guidance [t levels industry placements]
T Level transition programme framework for delivery 2020 to 2021
T Level transition programme framework for delivery 2020 to 2021 [t levels t level transition 2020 to 2021]
T Levels (GOV.UK) [t levels]
T Levels: next steps for providers
T Levels: next steps for providers [t levels t level funding]
Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA)
Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) [aeb adult education budget devolution devolved authority tvca]
Traineeships: framework for delivery
Traineeships: framework for delivery [traineeships]
UAL Awarding Body [awarding bodies]
UK Register of Learning Providers
UK Register of Learning Providers [online services ukprn ukrlp]
View Your Education Data [online services]
VTCT [awarding bodies]
West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA)
West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) [aeb adult education budget devolution devolved authority wmca]
West of England Combined Authority (WECA)
West of England Combined Authority (WECA) [aeb adult education budget devolution devolved authority weca]
West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA)
West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) [aeb adult education budget devolution devolved authority wyca]
Withdrawal of funding approval from qualifications with no publicly funded enrolments for the funding year 2021 to 2022 [qualifications funding 2021 to 2022]
For learners aged 19 or older on 31 August, who do not have an EHCP.
What is the souce of funding?
Following devolution of England's Adult Education Budget, funding for 19+ learners depends on the learner's postcode. Non-devolved regions are still administered by the ESFA.
You can check someone's postcode online using this free tool: https://skillspostcodecheck.com (opens in a new window).