Funding Landscape for

Basic Skills in UK
Hilda Koon

Funding Landscape - 1
Pre-16 Compulsory education (Guaranteed funding)
Post 16
Under 18
stay in full-time education, eg at a college
start an apprenticeship or traineeship
work or volunteer (for 20 hours or more a week) while in part-time
education or training
19+
If employed learning by choice
Basic skills up to L2 funded
Level 3+ (24+ loans)
If choose to remain in full time education, 2 routes:
HE student loans
FE Level 3+ (loans to be introduced)

Funding Landscape - 2
EFA
Education
Funding
Agency
Study
Programmes
Traineeships
Banded
Guaranteed

SFA
Skills Funding
Agency
Qualification /
credit linked
Some
guaranteed
to up to 24
Reducing
(24% in
2014/15)
Politically
sensitive

Community
Learning Fund
Specific
programmes
Can be
unaccredited
Much
reduced
Only
protected till
2016

ESF
European
Social Funding
Outcome
focused
Employer and
employment
linked

Going forward for basic skills

Reducing
worklessness

Upskilling the
work force

Level 2
English &
Maths

Employer
driven/ codesigned &
co-funded
programmes