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David Dalby

Do we need an address to start a student on programme?

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Here's a new one on myself - we have an application from a student with an EHCP, so will be High Needs Funding (we are a specialist College), but we can't get an address from parent. We know local authority area, parent does not want to disclose home address. All school documents say "home address not known" including EHCP annual review. Aside from a possible safeguarding concern (which is not my problem someone else will have to decide on that!), can we admit a student knowing only Local Authority area but not full address?) 
New one on me!

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Ruth Canham-James

All of the postcode fields in the ILR say "If the learner's postcode is unknown, providers must return a postcode of ZZ99 9ZZ", so I'd say yes as an exception. I wouldn't ASF fund anyone without a postcode though as you can't know what devolved/non-devolved area they're in.

Steve Hewitt

Yes, had similar ones in the past where the learner was in a domestic violence shelter (and, although that was before devo, would totally have pushed it through with a ZZ99 if it was today).

Not ideal, but better than not funding them.

David Dalby

Thank you both, useful to know.

Ruth Canham-James

Steve Hewitt Yeah, good point if you knew the circumstances. I don't suppose they considered that when planning devolution. If everywhere becomes devolved, and there is no central pot, DfE/DWP/whoever will have to give us advice on that.

Some students just refuse info for no given reason. We've had an adult refuse to give DOB, even when we said we wouldn't enrol. They chose not to enrol rather than give their DOB.

Steve Hewitt

Yeah, ZZ99 works with all the SoFs these days (no, it did not work in year one of devo...) so it's not too much hassle in the situations where it's *needed*.

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