Post-16 Funding

ASDAN Qualifications Post-16

There are a number of routes or pathways for funding with different rules and rates. The diagram is this document illustrates briefly the ASDAN Qualifications fundable through the different learning pathways:

ASDAN Fundable Qualifications and Learning Routes/Pathways 2010/11 

Learner groups

For a summary of changes to the funding gatekeepers, and a brief description of learner groups and related funding programmes please go to

A quick guide to Learner Groups and related funding programmes

Qualification codes

For further details of the individual qualifications and levels, and their codes, please go to:

Qualifications codes

QCF Qualifications funding for unemployed learners

Unit funding is now available for ASDAN QCF qualifications (AoPE, CVQ, Employability and PSD) for unemployed learners, subject to the information below: Download the list of eligible units

From 2011/12 the Skills Funding Agency is supporting the delivery of QCF units to a range of learners in a range of contexts:

• to unemployed learners on active benefits, i.e. Employment and Support Allowance - Work Related Activity Group (ESA - WRAG) and Job Seekers Allowance (JSA). This will be fully funded by the Agency.
• to other unemployed individuals who want to enter work and need skills training to help them do so. These learners can be fully funded, at the providers’ discretion, irrespective of whether they are in receipt of state benefit.
• as part of the OLASS offer. This will be fully funded by the Agency.
• as part of the Joint Investment programme. This will be co-funded by the Agency.
• Outside of the above, the Agency will not support unit delivery on either a fully funded or a co-funded basis.

ASDAN Programmes and Short Courses

These programmes can also be funded as they provide a curriculum approach for a number of ASDAN qualifications, which in turn provide the targeted outcomes for the funding. Here is a list of programmes (with LAD codes) and the qualifications they lead to:

Aligning ASDAN Curriculum Programmes with the 14-19 Qualifications Strategy

Funding Formulae and Funding Rates:

• Funding Rates for ASDAN Qualifications
• Funding for ASDAN Entry Level Qualifications 
• Funding Foundation Learning: YPLA (http://www.ypla.gov.uk/aboutus/ourwork/funding/funding-foundation-learning/)
• Funding and the 14-19 Diploma 
• Other key factors relating to funding, including:

  • Provider Factor

  • Additional Learning Support

  • Minimum Attendance

  • Success Rate

  • Minimum Levels of Performance (MLP)

  • AS Levels

• Learning Aim Database (http://providers.lsc.gov.uk/LAD)