SFA funding reform update for 2013/14
1 March 2013
Nick Linford
Managing Director of Lsect
Editor of FE Week
New 19+ ‘simple’ and ‘streamlined’ funding
First edition published in October
Second edition published February
Third edition published June
Funding rules published end of Jan
‘Funding Handbook’ due soon…
Implementation from Aug 2013
SFA funding formula
Current (since 08/09)
Learner
responsive (LR)
Employer
responsive (ER)
SLN Guided Learning
Hours (SLN GLH)
Standard Learner
Numbers (SLNs)
National funding
rate
National funding
rate
Unweighted
co-funding
Weighted
co-funding
Provider factor
Monthly in-year
funding
Retention and
achievement in
success factor
Achievement 25%
(of main qual for
apprenticeships)
New (from 13/14)
Single Adult Skills Budget
and formula
Cash qualification rates based
on a ‘QCF matrix’
Disadvantage and area cost
uplift
Monthly in-year funding
Achievement value 20% (half
available for Job Outcome Payment)
2013/14 ‘Simplified’ Funding Rates
No change from June 2012 doc
05-02-13
Return of bands, but funding by QCF credit
Funding per credit (from learning rates matrix)
The bands based on pounds per QCF credit
Average of £44 per credit
Example NCFE qualifications
Learning aim
Qualification title
50029848
Certificate in Working with People with Mental Health Issues
50083429
Certificate in Equality and Diversity (QCF)
10062269
Certificate in Safe Handling of Medicines
Next year
This year (19+ classroom)
Increase
SLN GLH SLN PWF PWF
NFR
2012/13
New matrix rate
120
0.27
B
1.12
£2,615
£781
£811
£30
4%
100
0.22
A
1
£2,615
£581
£724
£143
25%
120
0.27
B
1.12
£2,615
£781
£811
£30
4%
‘Simple’ funding formula for 2013/14
QCF Rate
Disadvantage
from
x
x
uplfit
matrix
Note:
Area cost
uplift
=£
Apprenticeship qual rates unchanged
Achievement worth 20%
Job outcome payment only for eligible
learners, who withdraw by get a job, minimum
of 16 hours per week for 4 weeks, worth 10%
(ie 50% of achievement)
Monthly in-year funding, with double payment
in month one
Apprenticeships
“Given the major change in the longer
term, it as been decided not to proceed in
2013/14 AY with applying the simplified
approach to setting Apprenticeships rates
to existing frameworks that is being
adopted for wider FE qualifications. This
approach will, however, be applied for new
Apprenticeship frameworks where these
are developed. This will ensure that all
new funding rates will in future link more
transparently to the cost of the component
qualifications, with account taken of the
additional activities involved in
Apprenticeship delivery. All other
simplification changes to the system
will continue to be made.”
Skills Funding
Statement
Dec 2011
Q&A