16-19 Funding 2013/14

Update

Lynne Tabone

Education Funding Agency

October 2013

The 16-19 funding formula

Total Programme

Funding

Programme Cost

Weighting

Disadvantage Funding

Area Cost

Allowance

Student Numbers

National Funding Rate per student

Retention Factor( )

A full time rate based on circa 600 hours

Three part time rates for bands 2,3,4

Each funded at mid-point of the band

For Band 4 (450-539 hours) for 13/14 and 14/15 we will fund at the full time rate

Band 1 (below 280 hours) funded as a proportion of 600 hours ie 150 hours gets 25% of the National Full Time funding Rate

Programme Cost

Weighting

Disadvantage Funding

Area Cost Allowance

Student Numbers

Retention Factor( )

National Funding Rate per student

Full- and Part-time Funding rates

Student Number

status

Hours funded at…

FundingRate (13/14 allocations)

Full time 600 £4,000

Band 4 600 £4,000

Band 3 405 £2700

Band 2 320 £2133

Band 1 % of 600 % of £4,000

Hours that are:Directly relevant to the study programmePlanned, explicit in the Learning Plan or TimetableSupervised and/or organised by the provider Quality assured by the providerWithin normal working pattern

Prog Cost

Weighting

Disadvantage Funding

Area Cost Allowance

Student Numbers

National Funding Rate per student ( )

Retention Factor

What is Funded?

Hours that are delivered towards qualifications that are approved for teaching to 16-19 year olds under

section 96 of the LSC act 2000.

Prog Cost

Weighting

Disadvantage Funding

Area Cost Allowance

Student Numbers

National Funding Rate per student ( )

Retention Factor

Qualification Hours

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

Student Numbers

National Funding Rate per student ( )

Retention Factor

Non Qualification Hours

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

Prog Cost

Weighting

Disadvantage Funding

Area Cost Allowance

Student Numbers

National Funding Rate per student ( )

Retention Factor

Not Funded

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

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%

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

Disadvantage Funding

Area Cost Allowance

Student Numbers

National Funding Rate per student ( )

Retention Factor

Retention Factor

Number of students completed

Number of students started

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

Agreed for 2013/14

Base 1.0Medium 1.2

High 1.3Specialist 1.6

Disadvantage Funding

Area Cost Allowance

Student Numbers

National Funding Rate per student

Retention Factor

( )Programme

Cost Weighting

Programme Cost Weighting

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

Disadvantage Funding

EconomicDeprivation

Prior Attainment

ProgrammeCost

Weighting

Area Cost Allowance

Student Numbers

National Funding Rate per student

Retention Factor

( )Disadvantage

Funding

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

? ? ?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

? ? ?Student Support Funding

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

Or that student WILL NOT be counted in lagged funding for 2015/16

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.

Prog Cost

Weighting

Disadvantage Funding

Area Cost Allowance

Student Numbers

National Funding Rate per student ( )

Retention Factor

Condition of Funding English & Maths

Traineeships

For students not quite ready for the workplace, but looking for an apprenticeship route

A 5-6 month full-time programme comprising:EmployabilityWork experienceEnglish and maths

Must lead to progression into an Apprenticeship

Questions