Guidance notes
Guidance note 8: July 2011
Guidance Note 8 covers performance management arrangements for the Adult Skills Budget and 16-18 Apprenticeships, Discretionary Learner Support – payments and performance management, an update on Outcome Incentive Payments - Trialling Job Outcome Payments, and an Apprenticeship update including additional funds and Framework Rates – Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England (SASE).
Guidance note 8: July 2011
Guidance note 7: April 2011
Guidance note 7 covers procurement and contracting arrangements, information on the Adult Skills Budget, alignment with the Young People’s Learning Agency, an update on Apprenticeships, information on the use of electronic records, and guidance on the removal of wage costs following the abolition of Train to Gain.
Guidance note 7: April 2011
Guidance note 6: December 2010 - version 2
Guidance note 6 is the Skills Funding Agency’s technical and operational document for providers which reflects the publication of the Skills for Sustainable Growth (the Skills Strategy) and Further Education - New Horizon, Investing in Skills for Sustainable Growth (the Skills Investment Strategy). Please note version 2 contains an amended date in paragraph 46.
Guidance note 6: December 2010
Guidance note 5: July 2010
Guidance note 5 sets out how colleges and training organisations will be performance managed during 2010/11 in line with the new flexibilities and freedoms announced by the Government in June.
Guidance note 5: July 2010
Guidance note 4: Simplification for colleges, training organisations and employers - June 2010
Guidance note 4 clarifies how the Skills Funding Agency will implement the freedoms and flexibilities for colleges, training organisations and employers announced by John Hayes on 17 June 2010. It includes the Agency’s proposals for the transfer of £150m from Train to Gain to Apprenticeships and articulates a new approach to our relationship with, and performance management of, colleges and training organisations.
Guidance note 4: June 2010
This frequently asked questions document has been produced to clarify questions arising from guidance note 4. The frequently asked questions document has been amended to provide further clarification in Paragraph 38:
Guidance note 4: Frequently asked questions
Guidance note 3: April 2010
This guidance note is the third in a series of Skills Funding Agency communications to the sector. This will inform ongoing discussions between colleges and training organisations and shadow Skills Funding Agency account management teams, as part of the funding allocations process for 2010/11.
The note covers funding policy changes for 2010/11, including:
Changes announced in the Skills Investment Strategy 2010 -11 published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in November 2009;
Changes previously announced and planned for implementation in 2010/11;
Further changes and clarification resulting from development of policy during 2009/10.
The changes will be incorporated into the Skills Funding Agency’s Funding Guidance for 2010/11.
Guidance note 3: April 2010
Guidance note 2: Funding allocations for the 2010/11 academic year - February 2010
This guidance note is the second in a series of Skills Funding Agency communications to the sector. It builds on Guidance Note 1, issued in December 2009, and provides further information on the Skills Funding Agency’s process for funding allocations for the 2010/11 academic year.
Guidance note 2: Funding allocations for the 2010/11 academic year
Guidance note 1: Funding allocations for the 2010/11 academic year - December 2009
Guidance note 1 provides information on the Skills Funding Agency’s funding allocations processes for the 2010/11 academic year.
Guidance note 1: Funding allocations for the 2010/11 academic year
