SFA Funding 2014-2015

Details from BIS publication Skills Funding Statement 2013-2016 Headlines Adult Skills Budget cut from 2.4b 2013-14 to 2.25b 2014-15 8.5% cut Cut from 2.25b to 2b 2014-15 11% cut Meanwhile Employer Ownership 59.5% increase 2014-15 24+ Loans 208% increase 2014-15

SFA Funding 2014-2015

Priorities and direction of travel Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) increasingly important with Strategic Economic Growth Plans. Colleges will have to work to these Providers being encouraged to be less reliant on govt funding and more responsive to local employers and local markets English and Maths requirement for 16-18, apprenticeships and Traineeships. Learners have to be enrolled on level higher than the one they are initially assessed at. Increased conditionality from DWP. Claimants to be screen and then those with poor spoken English referred for initial assessment by providers. 30m additional funds for ESOL 201414 and 45m 2015-16. Goes to those providers with more than 500 ESOL starts 2013-14

SFA Funding 2014-2015

Priorities and direction of travel (contd)

Community Learning not cut So still 210m

New performance measures. 3 core measures

Destination either further learning or employment Progression in learning Earnings change

SFA Funding 2014-2015

New Funding methodology from Sept 2013
Based on Qualification and Credit Framework credits then linked to

guided learning hours

Certain qualifications have fixed learning band and consequently guided learning hours
2 ESOL qualifications: ESOL certificate - 101-196 glh and ESOL Award Speaking and listening 37-100 glh Funding rates (what is actual cash price) Award 336 per student. Certificate 724 per student

But last year told by SFA Director of Funding at House of Commons meeting autumn 2013 that there would be no change for ESOL for 2 years. So we should have a year of no change.