Latest information from the ESFA: 1. Action: response to ESFA letter about subcontracting the delivery of education and training using post-16 funds; 2. Action: moratorium on approving qualifications for funding post-16; 3. Reminder: subcontractor declaration for adult delivery, including apprenticeships and traineeships, and for the first time, for 16 to 19 provision; 4. Information: funding methodology for the 16 to 19 discretionary bursary fund is changing from academic year 2020 to 2021; 5. Information: ESFA confirms SMEs can access the apprenticeship service from January 2020; 6. Information: apprenticeships non-levy allocations from April 2020; 7. Information: new entrants applying to the register of apprenticeship training providers (RoATP) are invited to test new application service.
