Andrew Yates
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Andrew Yates commented,
Hi, There's a reference to LSF being fundable for English and maths in this guidance. What you can use learning support funding for You can use learning support funding to make reasonable adjustments to support a learner who has learning difficulties or disabilities, so they can complete their apprenticeship or apprenticeship unit. This could include reasonable adjustments to complete: English and maths requirements the end-point assessment For 19+, we had a similar concern and queried with the helpdesk and got the below response (which I interpreted as it's okay to claim) "Your ticket number is 1273975. I understand from your email that you are inquiring about the possibility of claiming learning support funds for functional skills training, even though it is no longer mandatory for apprentices aged 19+. According to the funding rules, providers can claim funding for apprentices who have not previously attained a GCSE grade A* to C (or 9 to 4) in English or maths, or Functional Skills English or maths up to level 2."
Hi, There's a reference to LSF being fundable for English and maths in this guidance. What you can use learning support funding for You can use learning support funding to make reasonable adjustme...
Andrew Yates commented,
The approach we've adopted is that if they miss 1 scheduled session then we aim to re-plan and catch-up on their next scheduled session, if they miss 2 consecutive sessions we close them aim down and restart when learning commences (we plan for monthly delivery), the hope being that having this as part of our documented delivery arrangements doesn't cause the 1st missed session to be deemed a funding error, as like you, we've interpreted the guidance to be that the E&M is split from the OTJ and thus the re-planning & BIL guidance for OTJ doesn't necessarily apply to E&M. RE 140 - This portion of the guidance is specifically for foundation apprenticeships and was lumped in with blue text stating that this (foundation apprenticeships) is a new section being added so probably not a rule that's of concern to the majority of providers who aren't delivering foundation apprenticeships. Technical funding guide advises to reduce funding where prior learning is identified for functional skills.
The approach we've adopted is that if they miss 1 scheduled session then we aim to re-plan and catch-up on their next scheduled session, if they miss 2 consecutive sessions we close them aim down a...
Andrew Yates commented,
Hi, You can continue to claim LSF for those who are still being supported beyond their practical planned end date as per the below from the provider support manual, for claiming LSF via the ILR, the limitation would be the learning actual end date. If Learning support funding or Advanced Learner Loans Bursary funding is required beyond the planned end date of the learning aim, then the Date applies to field should be updated to reflect this. With regards to gateway, the wider LSF guidance does make reference to being able to claim for reasonable adjustments in relation to the end point assessment so if you're claim is tied to that aspect of the 'gateway' then it seems that'd be permissible, you'll likely have to claim this via the Earnings Adjustment Statement (EAS) as the actual end date would be before the claim/support occurring. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/support-for-apprentices-with-a-learning-difficulty-or-disability/support-for-apprentices-with-learning-difficulties-and-disabilities
Hi, You can continue to claim LSF for those who are still being supported beyond their practical planned end date as per the below from the provider support manual, for claiming LSF via the ILR, th...