Fees and charging
You must not make compulsory charges relating to the direct costs of delivering a learning aim to learners we fully fund, including those with a legal entitlement to full funding for their learning. Direct costs include any essential activities or materials without which the learner could not complete and achieve their learning.
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If a fully funded learner needs a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to participate in learning, you cannot charge them for this. If the learning is associated with the learner’s employment, their employer is responsible for carrying out and paying for this check
Qualifying days for funding
A resident must be in learning for a minimum number of days between their learning start date and learning planned end date before you can earn funding, including learning support.
This does not apply where the resident achieves the learning aim.
We continue to have alignment with the ESFA rule but remain open to reviewing this.
Planned length of learning aim |
Minimum qualifying days |
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168 or more days |
42 days |
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14 – 167 days |
14 days |
| Fewer than 14 days | 1 day |