Guidance

How to submit your earnings adjustment statement: 2025 to 2026

Guidance for education providers on how to claim funding that you cannot report in the individualised learner record (ILR).

Applies to England

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What is the earnings adjustment statement

The earnings adjustment statement (EAS) is an online process that you use to claim funding that you cannot report in the聽ILR. This is not a mandatory return; you only use the聽EAS聽when you are claiming for funding as specified in the funding rules.

This funding falls into the following categories:

  • excess learning support
  • King鈥檚 Trust
  • authorised claims (including audit adjustments)
  • learner support
  • vulnerable student bursary, the discretionary bursary and free meals
  • earnings adjustments for devolved authorities

Further information on learning and learner support and evidence are in the appropriate funding rules. Please refer to the聽adult education and skills funding page聽for DfE delivery, or the funding rules for the appropriate devolved authority.

How to submit the聽EAS

罢丑别听EAS聽is a comma separated value (CSV) data collection and you must upload your submission through聽.

This guidance for the 2025 to 2026 funding year will help you to get your submissions right as specified in the聽funding rules. It鈥檚 important that you use the format shown in our聽example file so that your submission is approved.

Getting paid

We pay you monthly in arrears for all provision except devolved adult education budget. We will add the extra funding you claim through the聽EAS聽to your聽ILR聽earnings. We will pay you each month at a contract level.

Deadline for 2025 to 2026 submissions

You can submit an聽EAS聽for the 2025 to 2026 year聽any time up to the close of R14 on 22 October 2026.

Exceptional learning support claims

You must submit all exceptional learning support claims by completing the聽exceptional learning support cost form, not through聽EAS.

Updates to this page

Published 21 May 2025

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