Paul Corker created a post, 17 February 2026 15:15

Apprenticeship Framework - Beyond Planned End Dates Risk Issues

1. Further education and training providers

It has come to my attention that most learners will be beyond planed due to an ILR rule violation that means apprentices have to be left as continuing when they move into EPA. If you set them to Co...

Paul Corker created a post, 15 July 2025 12:02

non regulated Adult Skills formula funded aims

1. Further education and training providers

All of these on FALA seem to have had LDNS set to 31/07/2024. Has this provision been withdrawn altogether? I am sure i have used one of these earlier in 24/25 with no rure violations. Can anyone c...

Paul Corker created a post, 18 June 2025 05:50

Eligibility Consistenty

1. Further education and training providers

I have been reading 25/26 guidance and notice difference between ASF, Apprenticeship, and 16-19 guidance. For instance around the  residencey duration for the other types of peaople and their eligi...

Paul Corker created a post, 09 April 2025 08:22

16-19 Retention vs Achievement

1. Further education and training providers

If a learner achieves early and the actual end date is before the planed end date is this learner classed as retained? This is affecting our retention rate used in funding allocation calculations

Paul Corker created a post, 09 April 2025 08:19

Applicable funding rate from ESOL hours

1. Further education and training providers

This column is in Occupancy reports and I cannot find any reference as to what is is used for can anyone help?

Paul Corker created a post, 09 March 2023 06:55

Fee Waiver Question

1. Further education and training providers

I have a learner who has not selected a valid fee waiver, but is getting Home Office benefit £45/week. The learner is not employed so does Home Office benefit count as wages? Does the Low Wages opt...

Paul Corker created a post, 07 February 2023 07:41

Course Minimum Hours

1. Further education and training providers

Is there a minimum number of hourse that has been defined for courses in AEB? I thought it was 2 hours...

Paul Corker created a post, 28 September 2021 12:59

Employer Incentive Issue

1. Further education and training providers

I have an employer who is using this portal to claim an incentive.   https://form.education.gov.uk/service/traineeship-employer-incentive-registration     They enter the ULN and the Work Placement ...

Paul Corker created a post, 24 September 2021 10:13

Signature Question

1. Further education and training providers

We have had a couple of learners sign an Adobe Acrobat Online file. Our sub-contractor has then “flattened the documents in Adobe so that the documents are no longer editable.”  We have also been c...

Paul Corker created a post, 22 July 2021 08:39

Signature for learner with severe LLDD

1. Further education and training providers

Where a learner cannot sign a learner agreement due to severe LLDD how would you progress the learner enrolment when ESFA state that the learner must sign. I have asked if a carer could sign and th...