Skills Funding Agency
Updates and guidelines from Skills Funding agency
Progression Funding
The Skills Investment Strategy set out the reform of statutory entitlements from the 2012/13 academic year. This included full funding for those with an entitlement to a Level 2qualification who need help to make the step up from basic skills. It has now been agreed thatthis funding will be provided from the 2011/12 academic year. This means that for 2011/12
Entry or Level 1 aims will be fully funded where a learner has an entitlement to a Level 2qualification, in that they must have a highest prior attainment of Level 1 or below, but need a step up from basic skills in order to progress to Level 2.
ESOL is not included in this entitlement
http://readingroom.skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk/sfa/progression_funding_2011-12.pdf
March 24th 2011Minimum Contract Level Policy
http://skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk/providers/allthelatest/providerupdate/mclstatement.htm
Summary table from Skills Funding Agency showing changes to funding entitlements which are to take effect in 2011/12 and beyond. Revised April 2011
http://readingroom.lsc.gov.uk/SFA/NAT-Full_and_part_learner_subsidies-06April11V4.pdf
NIACE comment on Funding changes and BIS presentation on how the Government will be reforming English Further Education, following the Skills Strategy.
http://www.niace.org.uk/news/more-details-of-changes-to-fe-in-england?src=fp1st-more
Skills Funding Agency Guidance note 7
http://readingroom.lsc.gov.uk/SFA/GN7-final-11april2011.pdf
Back copies of updates
http://skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk/providers/allthelatest/providerupdate/
Skills Funding Agency Policy Summaries 2010/11
SFL and ESOl page 32-33
http://readingroom.skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk/sfa/SkillsFundingAgencyPolicySummaries-201011.pdf
Geoff Russell 2 November Speech National Skills Landscape
http://skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk/publications/latest/Detail.htm?id=c0b22c2b-9dc4-474f-a465-f1574ad0ad27
UKSkills will merge with the Skills Funding Agency in March 2011 as part of plans to coordinate a more coherent approach to vocational skills competitions and awards in the UK.
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