Ruth Canham-James
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Ruth Canham-James commented,
They did actively change this (and add P45.2), but I guess they just haven't updated the DSATs. I agree, we'd just annotate and point at this rule if questioned. This was one of the most horribly punitive (to the student) and unfair rules ESFA had, I'm so glad they saw sense and changed it.
They did actively change this (and add P45.2), but I guess they just haven't updated the DSATs. I agree, we'd just annotate and point at this rule if questioned.This was one of the most horribly pu...
Ruth Canham-James commented,
Enrichment doesn't necessarily have to have a learning aim. For 16-19 funding, you just report the planned EEP hours to get the right funding band. Some of your EEP might have a learning aim, like Work Experience, but not all of it has to. If audited, you just have to evidence that you planned delivery for the hours you declared as EEP. We've been audited twice on the current 16-19 funding model, and it's always been fine that we only include the Work Experience and regulated qualification aims in the ILR, and just report the tutorial and other enrichment as an EEP value. We have registers to back up those hours. Does that cover what you meant?
Enrichment doesn't necessarily have to have a learning aim. For 16-19 funding, you just report the planned EEP hours to get the right funding band. Some of your EEP might have a learning aim, like ...
Ruth Canham-James commented,
Did you remember to add a new ACT record for all English and/or maths components, as well as the programme aim? Also, just to check, you didn't actually change the existing ACT record? You have to close the old one, and add another with a new date from.
Did you remember to add a new ACT record for all English and/or maths components, as well as the programme aim?Also, just to check, you didn't actually change the existing ACT record? You have to ...
Ruth Canham-James commented,
I did similar! I look after the FRM reports but one of my team does the ILR returns. They assumed I was dealing with the FRM reports, and hadn't clocked the SLD report, and I assumed the SLD ones would be duplicated in the VYED reports. I hadn't even registered that some were now ILR warnings. Heaven help anyone new to all this.
I did similar! I look after the FRM reports but one of my team does the ILR returns. They assumed I was dealing with the FRM reports, and hadn't clocked the SLD report, and I assumed the SLD ones w...
Ruth Canham-James commented,
What were FRM reports in 19/20 now appear in three different places. Some have been converted to ILR errors, except they coded them as warnings only, and we don't check those as often usually. We now check errors and FRM warnings weekly at least. Some are now in the output files you get every time you upload to SLD. That's great, as we don't have to wait until month end, but they took them out of the month end report we get on VYED. That's one report with multiple sheets. The rest are on the new VYED dashboard. That is only one dashboard report, that you can export to a report that has all types of error on one sheet. I'd have thought they'd include all the ones we get from SLD as well as the others, but they stripped them out. I now have to save two reports at the end of each month so I can save notes about why some can't be resolved. I don't need to annotate the ones that are now ILR errors, as they're always fixable.
What were FRM reports in 19/20 now appear in three different places.Some have been converted to ILR errors, except they coded them as warnings only, and we don't check those as often usually. We no...
Ruth Canham-James commented,
It matters very much because I need to know which are the 5% and which are insufficient funds. We don't invoice the non-levy employers on a monthly basis, we mostly charge up front. Plus, I already know about those. We've already invoiced on day one, Finance are always aware and chasing, so I can pretty much ignore those. The levy paying insufficient funds ones are a whole different, much more complicated story. I want to be able to pick those out to deal with separately.
It matters very much because I need to know which are the 5% and which are insufficient funds. We don't invoice the non-levy employers on a monthly basis, we mostly charge up front. Plus, I already...
Ruth Canham-James commented,
No, we don't charge an admin fee. It would just add an extra layer of complexity, and I'm not sure ESFA wouldn't frown on that.
No, we don't charge an admin fee. It would just add an extra layer of complexity, and I'm not sure ESFA wouldn't frown on that.
Ruth Canham-James commented,
Q12 is specifically where they withdraw from some aims, but remain on others. That's because we'd continue to receive funding, and if we didn't adjust the planned hours, would still be claiming funding for hours on an aim they didn't qualify for funding on. If they withdraw completely before they qualify for funding, it doesn't matter what the hours are, you get no funding regardless.
Q12 is specifically where they withdraw from some aims, but remain on others. That's because we'd continue to receive funding, and if we didn't adjust the planned hours, would still be claiming fun...
Ruth Canham-James commented,
You can't tell the difference, and it's making my job really difficult. Several of us have been asking ESFA if we can have a third Apprenticeship Contract Type (ACT) for non-levy payers in the DAS, particularly for this reason. Please raise this with ESFA as well if you would find it useful, as it will add weight to our argument if more people ask for it.
You can't tell the difference, and it's making my job really difficult. Several of us have been asking ESFA if we can have a third Apprenticeship Contract Type (ACT) for non-levy payers in the DAS,...
Ruth Canham-James commented,
16-19 Funding Guidance says; Q16 When a student withdraws from their entire study programme before they meet the funding start criteria do their planned hours need adjustment? A No. When a student withdraws from all their learning aims, and therefore withdraws from their whole programme, as long as they have not met the criteria to count as a funded start then providers do not need to change the planned hours. This can be checked by using the 16 to 19 funding claim report that only lists students who have met their relevant funding start criteria. GLH is no longer used in the ILR, that's just used nationally to determine funding rates on each learning aim I think.
16-19 Funding Guidance says;Q16 When a student withdraws from their entire study programme before they meetthe funding start criteria do their planned hours need adjustment?A No. When a student wit...