16-19 Funding Reform
Raising
Participation Funding
January
per
Age 2013
student
Study
programmes
The new 16-19
funding formula
(
Student
Numbers
National
Funding
Rate per
student
Retention
Factor
Programme
Cost
Weighting
Total
Programme
Funding
Disadvantage
Funding
)
Area
Cost
Allowance
Funding
per student
•
•
course by course
•
16-19 education will be
funded…
•
Raising
Participation
Age
Funding
per
student
Study
programmes
16-19 education was funded…
student by student
•
Increased focus on providing
the student with a holistic
study programme to get them
into university or work
•
We will fund all full time
programmes (540 glh or more)
at a single funding rate and
remove the necessity for
converting guided learning
hours into a Standard Learner
Number (SLN)
Student Numbers
(
and Funding rate

Student
Numbers
16-19 year olds in all institutions
funded at same National Rate (£££)

Part time students funded in ‘bands’
at proportion of National Rate

Rate for each student is calculated
by: National Rate x Factor

National
Funding
Rate per
student
Calculation of full time and part
students to be funded at each
institution based on Census or ILR
return (and lagged principle).
Student
Number
status
Retention
Factor
Hours
required
per year
Program
Cost
Weighting
Disadvantag
Funding
)
Area
Cost
Allowance
Hours
funded
at…
Student
Number
status
factor
Full time
540 +
Nat Rate
1
Part time 4
450-539
494.5
0.92
Part time 3
360-449
404.5
0.90
Part time 2
280-359
319.5
0.59
Part time 1
- 280
% of 540
%
Retention
Factor

The success rate is no longer
used in the funding formula

A retention rate is now used

Applied at student level, not
qualification level
(
Student
Numbers
National
Funding
Rate per
student
Retention
Factor
Program
Cost
Weighting
Disadvantag
Funding
)
Number of students completed
Number of students started
Student Retention
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%
Area
Cost
Allowance
Disadvantage
Funding


(
Student
Numbers
National
Funding
Rate per
student
Retention
Factor
Program
Cost
Weighting
Disadvantage
Funding
Replaces Low Cost ALS
Recognises that some students require
additional support to participate and achieve
Deprivation
Disadvantage
Funding
Prior Attainment
)
Area
Cost
Allowance
Element 1:
Core
education
funding
Mainstream perstudent funding (as
calculated by the
national 16-19 funding
system)
Element 2:
Additional
support
funding
Contribution of £6,000
to additional support
required by a pupil or
student with high
needs
Element 3:
Top-up
funding
High Needs
Students
“Top-up” funding from
the commissioner to
meet the needs of each
pupil or student placed
in the institution
Replaces High Cost ALS
and ISP Funding
Post-16 high needs provision will be funded in an equivalent way across all provider types.
This budget will be provided by the maintaining local authority (for maintained schools) or the
EFA (for all non-maintained settings).
•All providers will receive an allocation of mainstream per-student funding calculated by the
national 16-19 funding formula – this recognises the different programmes of learning that
young people access.
•All providers will receive an allocation of additional support funding of £6,000 for each high
needs student placed with them. The allocation will be calculated using student numbers from
the last full academic year.
•As at present, specialist providers will be able to request that their allocations are reviewed if
their current number of students is significantly higher than their lagged numbers.
As such, for a student on a course costing £5,500 per year, the provider would contribute
£11,500 (course cost plus £6,000), while for a student on a course costing £4,000, the
provider’s contribution would be £10,000. The contribution to the cost of a student’s
additional education support will be consistent, however, at £6,000.
Top-up funding will be:
• provided direct to the provider from the commissioning local authority;
• provided in or close to the pupil’s or student’s real-time movement; and
• based on the pupil’s or student’s assessed needs.
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