Richard Heath
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Richard Heath commented,
Thanks Josh - I recall seeing something along those ...
Thanks Josh - I recall seeing something along those lines. It does rather prompt the question: if there aren't major policy changes, what on earth is the justification for not having published so c...
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ASF Funding Rules 2026/27
As far as I can tell, there is no sign of these as yet. Does anyone have any insight? We have already had to go to press with old figures for e.g. low wage thresholds.
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FESIT destination data
Hi all I seem to recall that Ofsted's FESIT tool previously contained learner destination data: albeit with a couple of years lag, it drew on info from DWP etc to give robust (if not timely) inform...
Richard Heath commented,
Hi Aqib If the information in this post is to be be...
Hi Aqib If the information in this post is to be believed, DfE have now completely changed their minds on the question of dependents.
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ASF full funding - unemployed and low income
Does anyone have a view on the definition of the term 'unemployed' in the 'Earnings threshold' paragraph of the ASF funding rules? The issue is this: The wording in the Earnings threshold section s...
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ASF eligibility: dependents of skilled workers
No doubt like other colleagues, we are still getting our heads round the new ASF eligibility rules (mostly happy with the changes in principle; nul points to DfE for the timing). We have already ha...
Richard Heath commented,
Thanks Steve Hewitt. By the way, you did say it on a...
Thanks Steve Hewitt. By the way, you did say it on a different thread!
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Eligibility: Gurkha soldiers and dependents
A few years ago I raised a question about eligibility for the above, and the response from Martin suggested that both Gurkha soldiers and their dependents were eligible without needing to meet the ...
Richard Heath commented,
Hi Peter Hancock. Unfortunately I didn't get any fur...
Hi Peter Hancock. Unfortunately I didn't get any further. I suppose there is a different way of looking at it: if we are seeking an assessment because a learner has additional needs due to a specif...
Richard Heath commented,
As an update, I have had a response from DfE: "The ...
As an update, I have had a response from DfE: "The Adult skills funding and performance management rules 2026 to 2027, should be published in June 2026." Not even 'will', but 'should'. Good job we ...