Funding guidance for 
      young people 
      2021 to 2022 
      Funding rates and formula 
      November 2021 
      Version 2 
       
            
           Contents 
           Introduction                                                                           5 
           What’s new?                                                                            7 
             Version 2: November 2021                                                             7 
           Introduction                                                                           8 
             Scope of the 16 to 19 funding model                                                  8 
             Funding methodology                                                                  9 
             The formula                                                                         10 
           Programme funding: core formula funding elements                                      11 
             Student numbers                                                                     11 
                Lagged student numbers                                                           11 
                Student numbers for T Levels                                                     12 
                Student numbers for new institutions                                             13 
                Student numbers for providers stopping 16 to 19 provision                        13 
                Transferred provision                                                            14 
                Exceptional in-year growth                                                       14 
             Student numbers and funding factors for merged and disaggregating providers         15 
             National funding rates                                                              15 
                National funding rates for study programmes                                      15 
                Table 1: National funding rates for study programmes                             16 
                National funding rates for T Levels                                              17 
                Table 2: National funding rates for T Levels                                     17 
                Programmes and planned hours                                                     18 
                Students who do more than one study programme in a year                          18 
                Students who do multiple programmes including a T Level                          18 
                Changes to study programme planned hours                                         19 
             Large programme uplift                                                              20 
                Table 3: Study programmes eligible for the large programme uplift                21 
                Table 4: T Level programmes eligible for the large programme uplift              21 
             Historic data                                                                       22 
             Programmes and core aims                                                            22 
                Determining the core aim                                                         23 
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              Work experience core aims                                                   23 
              Academic programmes                                                         24 
              Table 5: Core aims in academic programmes                                   25 
              Vocational programmes                                                       25 
            Definition of a start                                                         25 
              Table 6: Criteria to count as a start                                       26 
            Retention                                                                     26 
              Transfers                                                                   26 
              Withdrawing and enrolling at another provider                               27 
            Programme cost weighting                                                      27 
              Table 7: Programme weighting factors                                        27 
              Specialist land-based programmes                                            28 
            Disadvantage funding                                                          28 
              Block 1: economic deprivation funding                                       28 
              Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2019                                    29 
              Block 2: GCSE maths and English                                             29 
              Table 8: Funding rates for block 2                                          30 
              Disadvantage top-up                                                         30 
            Level 3 programme maths and English payment                                   30 
              Table 9: Funding rates for maths and English in level 3 programmes          31 
            Area cost uplift                                                              31 
              Table 10: Area costs uplift                                                 31 
              Area cost uplift factors for geographically dispersed delivery              32 
              Area cost uplift factors for merged providers                               33 
          Programme funding: additional formula funding elements                          34 
            Formula protection funding                                                    34 
            Advanced maths premium                                                        34 
            High value courses premium (HVCP)                                             34 
              Table 11: Subjects and SSAs for the HVCP                                    35 
            T Level industry placements                                                   35 
            Condition of funding adjustment                                               36 
          Funding outside the formula                                                     37 
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             High needs student funding                                                       37 
             Care standards: residential accommodation for young people aged under 18         38 
               Table 12: Funding for providers with residential accommodation                 39 
             Industry placement: capacity and delivery fund (CDF)                             39 
           Additional guidance on student programmes                                          40 
             14- to 16-year-olds at further education providers                               40 
               Pupil premium funding                                                          41 
             Traineeships                                                                     41 
             Supported internships                                                            42 
             T Levels                                                                         42 
             High value courses for school and college leavers: a one-year offer for 18- and 19-
             year-olds.                                                                       42 
           Annex A: Programme cost weightings by sector subject area (SSA)                    44 
               Table A1: Programme cost weighting by SSA                                      44 
           Annex B: Area cost uplifts by region                                               47 
               Table B1: Area costs uplift by region                                          47 
           Annex C: Criteria to identify specialist land-based providers                      50 
             Screening criteria                                                               50 
             Occupational areas                                                               51 
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