27 March 2024
We have added the guidance document Advice: funding regulations for post-16 provision 2024 to 2025.
29 March 2023
We have added Advice: funding regulations for post-16 provision 2023 to 2024. We have made the following additions and updates to this guidance:
Student eligibility
• confirmation that those coming to UK as foreign tourists are ineligible for 16 to 19 funding
T Levels and Traineeships
• see Section 7 for confirmation that the Condition of funding requirements now also apply to students undertaking T Levels
• from 1 August 2023, we will no longer fund a standalone national traineeships programme. Traineeship provision will be integrated into 16 to 19 study programme and adult education provision from 1 August 2023. The last start date for traineeships under the current programme is 31 July 2023. Traineeships started on or before this date will continue to be funded as set out in this guidance.
29 July 2022
We have updated the Advice: funding regulations for post-16 provision 2022 to 2023 guidance document.
23 June 2022
We have published a powerpoint to support the ESFA funding guidance for young people 2021 to 2023.
5 April 2022
The Student eligibility and funding advice for 2021 to 2023 presentation is now live.
30 March 2022
Added funding regulations for post-16 provision 2022 to 2023, removed November 2020 advice that may apply to either funding year.
10 November 2021
We have updated the following advice in respect of recording and evidencing the delivery of non-qualification hours (excludes students flagged as either High needs and/or Education Health Care (EHC) plan) in paragraphs 107 and 124. The advice in Annex B includes a new table B2. We have made a minor clarification to advice in Annex C Question and Answer 15, to make clearer that students must not be funded or any planned hours recorded for any overlap periods between study programmes, and apprenticeships funding at the same (or financially related) funded institutions or their subcontractors.
29 July 2021
We have updated student eligibility advice for EU and EEA students, updated our advice on repeat year funding and included advice on our specific subcontracting restrictions for 16 to 19 delivery.
1 February 2021
We have published the funding regulations advice for post 16 provision for 2021 to 2022.
12 November 2020
We have updated the Funding regulations for post-16 provision 2020 to 2021 to include advice on coronavirus (COVID-19) and impact on 'Planned hours for 2020 to 2021'
29 July 2020
We have updated the Funding regulations for post-16 provision for 2020 to 2021 to include provision for the high value courses for 18 and 19 year olds one year offer
18 May 2020
We have updated the PowerPoint presentations for the funding regulations for post-16 provision 2019 to 2020. These now include allowances for the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) including the use of electronic registration systems and alternative evidence to wet signatures already published in the funding regulations document
5 May 2020
We have published the Funding regulations for 2020 to 2021 and updated the regulations for 2019 to 2020 to account for the use of electronic recruitment and delivery systems during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
29 January 2020
We have updated the funding regulations for 2019 to 2020 to clarify advice to institutions
12 June 2019
We have uploaded a presentation that summarises student eligibility rules for 2019 to 2020
4 June 2019
We have uploaded the funding regulations for post 16 provision guidance document for 2019 to 2020 and removed older years' guidance
20 August 2018
To help explain our guidance we have added a powerpoint presentation about post-16 funding regulations for 2018 to 2019.
5 July 2018
Student eligibility guidance presentation for 2018 to 2019 has been added.
17 May 2018
the 16 to 19 funding regulations guidance for 2018 to 2019 has been added
6 July 2017
Funding regulations and funding advice presentation for 2017 to 2018 has been added.
29 June 2017
Added a presentation to support the student eligibility elements of the funding guidance for young people
7 April 2017
Advice: funding regulations for post-16 provision 2017 to 2018 has been added
19 August 2016
Minor update to 16 to 19 funding guidance to reflect the recently published sub-contracting guidance.
12 April 2016
Funding guidance for young people 2016 to 2017 has been added.
25 March 2015
Added 15 16 guidance
23 June 2014
2014 to 2015 version added to page
10 March 2014
First published.