Adult and Employer Funding

Nick Linford, Director of Planning, Lewisham College

19+ learner responsive (ALR)

National rate +1.5%
Fee element 47.5% (was 42.5%)
Skills Accounts pilot
Pre L2 flexibilities (FLT/SfL/Developmental) - can deliver more or less than indicative figures allocated (Statement of Priorities) - but still must meet targets (?)

Overall funding desrease by 2%
Learner numbers down 10% (developmental learning down 51%)

Employer Responsive

Apprenticeships, T2G
These are considered flagship programmes, will continue to grow
Apprenticeships preferred route for 18-24s in employment

T2G L2 is fully funded, unlike 19+ apprenticeships (expectation they are co-funded by employer)
T2G rate is now 6% higher than 19+ appr.

Overall funding: Appr +9%, T2G +16%
Learners: Appr +5%, T2G +5%

Funding formula

ALR
(SLN*NFR*PF)+ALS (as current year)

T2G:
SLN*NFR*Programme weighting*Area cost uplift
Some programme weightings are changing in 09/10
Area cost uplift based on delivery postcode (not college)

Appr:
SLN*NFR*Prog weighting*Disadvantage uplift*Area cost uplift
Disadv uplift based on student's home postcode

Fee element

Funding deducted based on an assumed fee
Risen from 25% in 04/05, to reach 50% in 10/11
Applied to unweighted NFR
Lewsiham have retained loadbanding for calculating fee to give simplicity for learners

Note ALR fee element is unweighted, ER is fully weighted:
e.g. LR = 2817*47.5% = 1338
T2G L3 = 0.644*2987*1.2*1.12*47.5% = 1228 (if no remission)

LR co-funded rate: NFR-(NFR*47.5%)/PF) (so that can be calculated using standard formula)

T2G Instalments

[Planning internally increasingly important to provide profile of payments anticipated]

08/09 under 3 methodologies:
Carry in NVQs (FE)
Carry in T2G (50:50)
New start T2G (75:25)

Remaining carry in can be calculated using the PFR spreadsheet data.

NL monitors carry in (focus on completion) separately from new starts (sales focus)

New starts now require careful approach to monthly instalment profiling. If starts are earlier, get more in current year. LSC appreciate good modelling, it can affect allocations positively and justif maintaining max contract values. Need to put college in strongest possible bargaining postition as T2G finding is now scarce resource.

09/10 single rate for L2 (all higher rate, but prog weight may change, overall likely to be favourable).

New support for employed & unemployed

T2G flexibilities (trouble ahead, funding now stretched, much of 09/10 funding may go on achievement of 08/09 starts, some flexibilities already withdrawn, critical not to be over-reliant on T2G)
T2G QCF units
ALR QCF unit trials (restricted to sectors, awarding bodies, 434 eligible units on LSC website)

Skills for jobs (pre-employability, up to £1500 per learner, £750 start, £350 if job in 6 weeks, £350 if still in job after 13 weeks, then can progress to T2G, links with JCP and employers critical)
6 month offer (unemployed more than 6 months, only FE colleges with ALR and ER funding, up to £1500 per learner, of which £300 for progression into work/training)
Response to Redundancy (ESF/LSC, funded like 6mth offer, includes at risk of reducndancy)