Transcript EFA briefing post 16 - Hertfordshire Grid for Learning

16-19 Funding 2013/14
Update
Lynne Tabone
Education Funding Agency
October 2013
The 16-19 funding
formula
(
Student
Numbers
National
Funding
Rate per
student
Retention
Factor
Programme
Cost
Weighting
Total
Programme
Funding
Disadvantage
Funding
)
Area
Cost
Allowance
Full- and Part-time
(
Funding rates
Student
Numbers
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A full time rate based on circa 600 hours
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Three part time rates for bands 2,3,4
National
Funding
Rate per
student
Retention
Factor
Programme
Cost
Weighting
Disadvantage
Funding
)
Area
Cost
Allowance
Student
Number
status
Hours
funded at…
Funding
Rate (13/14
allocations)
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Each funded at mid-point of the band
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For Band 4 (450-539 hours) for 13/14 and
14/15 we will fund at the full time rate
Full time
600
£4,000
Band 4
600
£4,000
Band 1 (below 280 hours) funded as a
proportion of 600 hours ie 150 hours gets
25% of the National Full Time funding
Rate
Band 3
405
£2700
Band 2
320
£2133
Band 1
% of 600
% of £4,000
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What is Funded?
(
Student
Numbers
National
Funding
Rate per
student
Hours that are:

Directly relevant to the study programme

Planned, explicit in the Learning Plan or Timetable

Supervised and/or organised by the provider
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Quality assured by the provider
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Within normal working pattern
Retention
Factor
Prog
Cost
Weighting
Disadvantage
Funding
)
Area
Cost
Allowance
Qualification
Hours
(
Student
Numbers
National
Funding
Rate per
student
Retention
Factor
Prog
Cost
Weighting
Disadvantage
Funding
)
Hours that are delivered towards qualifications that
are approved for teaching to 16-19 year olds under
section 96 of the LSC act 2000.
Area
Cost
Allowance
Non Qualification
(
Hours
Student
Numbers
National
Funding
Rate per
student
Retention
Factor

Not counted towards a qualification

Informal certificates

Non-qualification activity

Tutorials

Work experience/Work related activity

Volunteering/community activities organised by provider

Enrichment activities
Prog
Cost
Weighting
Disadvantage
Funding
)
Area
Cost
Allowance
Not Funded
(
Student
Numbers
National
Funding
Rate per
student
Retention
Factor
Prog
Cost
Weighting
Disadvantage
Funding
)
Area
Cost
Allowance

Voluntary extra-curricular activities and clubs delivered during breaks or outside
normal working pattern

Study that is homework or independent study/research that is not timetabled

Employment or work experience organised by anyone other than by or on
behalf of the provider

Volunteering/community activities that are not organised by or on behalf of the
provider
The Bottom Line
 Consider the needs of the learner – the programme must be
relevant to their needs
 Appropriate information, advice and guidance are vital
 Where does the learner need to get to – progression planning is key
Retention
Factor
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(
Student
Numbers
Success no longer used in funding, a
retention factor is now used
Applied at student level, not qualification
level
Retained means still studying a core aim
on planned end date or leaves early and is
recorded as completed the core aim
For academic programmes – still studying
one of the academic aims
For vocational programmes still studying
the core aim
Retention FACTOR = half way point
between Retention RATE and 100%
National
Funding
Rate per
student
Retention
Factor
Programme
Cost
Weighting
Disadvantage
Funding
)
Area
Cost
Allowance
Number of students completed
Number of students started
Student retention and
funding
Funding
Leaves before qualifying
period
0
Leaves before planned end
and not recorded as
completed
50%
Retained to planned end date
and recorded as completed
100%
Leaves before planned end
date and recorded as
completed
100%
Programme
Cost Weighting
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(
Student
Numbers
National
Funding
Rate per
student
Retention
Factor
Programme
Cost
Weighting
Disadvantage
Funding
)
Area
Cost
Allowance
Recognition that some vocational subjects are more expensive to teach
than others
Applied to the student’s whole programme
Determined by the student’s core aim ie A Levels or substantial vocational
qualification
All academic programmes uplifted by one weight, which has been
determined by merging the 2 current academic weightings and low cost
vocational programmes and rebasing these as 1,
Vocational Programme Weighting categories are being reduced in number
and re-set to make it simpler: applied at sector subject areas
Cost Weighting
Category
Base
Medium
High
Specialist
Agreed for 2013/14
1.0
1.2
1.3
1.6
Disadvantage
Funding
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(
Student
Numbers
National
Funding
Rate per
student
Retention
Factor
Programme
Cost
Weighting
Disadvantage
Funding
)
Area
Cost
Allowance
Recognises that some students require additional support to participate
and achieve if we are to achieve full participation and improve attainment
Principle is to create a single budget that institutions use as they see fit
Disadvantage
Funding
Economic
Deprivation
Prior Attainment
Formula protection
funding (FPF)
• Will be paid for at least three academic years until and including
2015/16, where the move to a basic funding rate per student would
otherwise result in a reduction in funding per student.
• Calculated by comparing funding per student allocated for 2013/14
(excluding transitional protection) with funding per student for
2012/13
• The operation of formula protection funding for future years will
depend on progress of Ministerial Working Group on the reforms
for large programmes, A levels and GCSEs.
• Enables you to move on with curriculum reforms and simplification
while final details are resolved
TP from
11/12
?
Formula
Protection
Funding
?
High
Needs
Students
?
Student
Support
Funding
High Needs
Students (HNS)
The place – EFA Funded
• Element 1 This is the standard 16-19 Funding Formula as we have
described – it is based on lagged student numbers – this aspect rolls on
from year to year.
• Element 2 This is the first £6,000 of additional support – numbers are
calculated based on information provided by the local authority about
the number of places it is going to commission from each institution and
the EFA adds £6,000 for each place to the allocation – completing the
place funding.
The Plus – Top up Funding – LA Funded
• Element 3 any funding the individual requires above the first two
elements is negotiated and agreed with the student’s home LA
TP from
11/12
?
Formula
Protection
Funding
?
High
Needs
Students
?
Student
Support
Funding
Condition of
Funding English
& Maths
(
Student
Numbers
National
Funding
Rate per
student
Retention
Factor
Prog
Cost
Weighting
Disadvantage
Funding
)
Area
Cost
Allowance

Any student 16-18 without a minimum grade C in English and/or maths must be
working towards this level from 2014/15 Academic Year
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Or that student WILL NOT be counted in lagged funding for 2015/16
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DfE will publish a list of what counts as having a grade C – watch the bulletin
These students must enrol on a GCSE, Functional Skills, Free standing maths
or ESOL
Functional Skills are a stepping stone towards GCSE and not an end in itself –
if the student already has a FS at level 2 then must enrol on GCSE
Reports to show you how you are doing – Information Management Portal.
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Traineeships
For students not quite ready for the workplace, but looking for an
apprenticeship route
A 5-6 month full-time programme comprising:
 Employability
 Work experience
 English and maths
Must lead to progression into an Apprenticeship
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