Melanie Aspinall created a post, 12 May 2021 08:07

Apprenticeship Funding Rules 21/22

1. Further education and training providers

Just putting a wildly hopeful post out here in the chance that someone from the ESFA may read it. Any chance of having the 21/22 funding rules in the next month, just so we can get our processes an...

Melanie Aspinall created a post, 28 April 2021 16:17

PICS Users: PLR Audit Evidence

1. Further education and training providers

Hi, We have recently moved systems to PICS and there is a handy function to import the PLR data from the LRS. Our Operations team have asked if the exported spreadsheet from PICS along with a scree...

Melanie Aspinall created a post, 11 February 2021 10:29

Year End Funding Recovery

1. Further education and training providers

Hi, In the funding monitoring reports dashboard user guide, on certain reports the action taken by the ESFA is "Year End Funding Recovery". How do the ESFA recover this funding? Is it via the ILR i...

Melanie Aspinall created a post, 20 January 2021 14:32

Change Apprentice Standard Level

1. Further education and training providers

Hi, Where an apprentice is struggling on the level of standard, can we transfer them down a level (same standard) without having to do a further 12 months as minimum duration? The apprentice has al...

Melanie Aspinall created a post, 19 January 2021 11:50

Employer Name Change

1. Further education and training providers

If an SME employer changes their name from, for example, Vision to Vizion Services and the ACT code hasn't changed, the employer contributions have been (or will be) collected (up to the final 20% ...

Melanie Aspinall created a post, 21 October 2020 09:48

V2 funding rules - gap in change of employer

1. Further education and training providers

My head is spinning from the constant change of this rule but can someone please clarify how we update the ILR if there is a change of employer that is less than 30 days? Is it just a case of updat...