Glossary
Programme cost weighting
The element of the 16 to 19 formula that reflects the relative cost of delivering different subject areas.
In full
Programme cost weighting increases funding for subject areas that cost more to deliver, such as those requiring workshops or specialist equipment.
The weighting applied is derived from the aims a student is recorded as taking, so aim recording affects income here as well.
Where this comes up
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16 to 19 funding: how the formula actually works
Student numbers, band, national rate, retention, programme cost weighting and uplifts. Where each element comes from, and which of them your own data controls.
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How further education funding actually works
Colleges are not paid a block grant for teaching. They are funded through several separate streams, each with its own rules, and each earned by recording delivery in the ILR.
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Learning support: the evidence chain from need to claim
Need assessed, support delivered, cost recorded, claim made. Every link has to hold, and a gap anywhere makes the claim indefensible however genuine the support was.
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Apprenticeship funding: price, band, service and evidence
A price negotiated with each employer, capped by the band maximum, paid monthly with a completion element, and dependent on the ILR and the apprenticeship service agreeing.
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What curriculum decisions do to funding
Curriculum teams make funding decisions every week without calling them that. This module connects each decision to the data it creates and the money it moves.