DfE Update local authorities: 18 June 2025
Published 18 June 2025
Applies to England
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1. Information: 2024 to 2025 year-end forecast funding claim: indicative reconciliation statement(s)
We will upload your indicative year-end reconciliation statement(s) through聽, following submission of your year-end forecast funding in July, for the following grant funding streams:
- adult skills fund (ASF) (Adult Skills and Tailored Learning)
- 19 to 24 traineeships
- level 3 free courses for jobs
- advanced learner loans bursary (ALLB)
These statements are indicative and based on your recent year-end forecast claim and R10 ILR data return, so that you are aware of the indicative reconciliation position before we publish your final reconciliation statements in November 2025.
Where appropriate, we will show any聽post-16 monitoring errors聽within your indicative reconciliation statement. This is so you are aware of the potential impact before final claim reconciliation statements.
If you have any queries, please contact us through the聽.
2. Information: Adult residency eligibility criteria simplification
To support adult learners in utilising the adult skills fund (ASF) in non-devolved areas, including free courses for jobs, the residency eligibility rules will be simplified from Friday 1 August 2025.
Individuals will be eligible for funding if they are ordinarily resident in the UK on the first day of learning and the learning is taking place in England.
There is no change to the eligibility requirements for asylum seekers.
Individuals will not be able to access ASF funding if:
- they are here without authority or lawful status
- they are resident in the UK on a student visa, unless they are eligible through meeting any other of the categories
- they are in the UK on holiday
- they are in the UK on a sponsorship visa
- their residence permit imposes a study prohibition or restriction
We will provide full details in an updated version of the ASF funding rules which will be published in early July.
3. Information: Free Courses for Jobs construction expansion
滨苍听DfE Update Wednesday 28 May, we shared that we are expanding the free courses for jobs (FCFJ) offer to support providers to deliver more construction training.
We can confirm that all providers with a non-devolved DFE-funded free courses for jobs allocation for 2025 to 2026 will receive a 20% uplift to their allocation.
You must use this funding on construction training places.
You will receive an updated allocation statement on聽聽by Monday 30 June 2025.
Business case requests
If additional funding is allocated to you, and you do not want this funding or have the capacity to deliver, please use the聽聽to decline or request a reduced amount.
The form will be available when updated allocation statements are issued.
If you have questions after reading our聽guidance, or if there鈥檚 anything else you need help with, you can find more support in our聽.
4. Webinar: RPA members only: Crime resilience workshop
Wednesday 2 July 2025. 10am to midday. .
5. Webinar: DfE Energy for schools: simplified buying of gas and electricity
Thursday 3 July 2025, 9:30am to 10:00am. .
6. Webinar: The Risk Protection Arrangement (RPA) webinar
Thursday 3 July 2025, 11:00am to 11:30am. .
7. Webinar: Plan technology for your school
Thursday 3 July 2025, 2:00pm to 2:30pm. .