ESFA Update further education: 12 February 2025
Published 12 February 2025
Applies to England
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Information: Update on post-16 funding arrangements
We said we鈥檇 provide an update about 16 to 19 funding by 13 February 2025.
We know it鈥檚 important to confirm all elements of funding as soon as possible to help you with financial planning, and this includes 16 to 19 funding rates and formula, 16 to 19 in-year growth, the post-16 budget grant and how we will support providers with the increase in employer National Insurance contributions.
We want to give you this information together in one package and therefore aim to聽publish more detail in March 2025, meaning you will have a full picture of funding levels across the board. This will set out details of rates and methodologies in order to help you to understand how we will allocate funding and get a broad understanding of the amount you will be receiving, in advance of issuing individual provider-level allocations.听
We expect most聽provider-level allocations for core 16 to 19 and adult funding聽will be issued by the end of April 2025. The timing of these payments in the next academic year will be as normal.
Reminder: Mid-year funding claim for 2024 to 2025
The mid-year funding claim window opened on Monday 10 February 2025.听
Submit your mid-year funding claim by 5pm on Thursday 13 February 2025. The claim form will be available on聽. The聽funding claims user guide聽is available to help you complete the form.听 聽
You will need to submit a claim if you receive funds through these contracts:聽 聽
- grant funded 鈥� ESFA funded adult skills fund (ASF) (adult skills, tailored learning, funding for innovative provision, and level 3 free courses for jobs offer)
- grant funded 鈥� advanced learner loans bursary (ALLB)听听
For 16 to 19 delivery, you do not need to take any action for mid-year (R06) or year-end (R10) funding claims. The 16 to 19 delivery section of the funding claim only needs to be signed off for your final (R14) funding claims.
Once you have submitted your mid-year funding claim you can view it on聽.听
You can raise any queries you may have using our聽.