Glossary
T Level
A two-year technical programme for 16 to 19 students, including a substantial industry placement.
In full
T Levels are two-year technical study programmes combining classroom learning with a substantial industry placement with an employer.
They are funded through the 16 to 19 formula but with their own rates, and the industry placement carries its own requirements and evidence expectations.
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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Planned hours: what counts and how to evidence it
Planned hours set the funding band and therefore the rate for the whole year. What may be counted, what must be evidenced, and how to reconcile hours to a timetable.
scenario
A new finance director asks why income moved
A finance director new to further education sees earnings fall in a month where recruitment was strong. The explanation is in the mechanism.
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An adult learner is recorded under the wrong funding model
An aim has been recorded under a funding model that does not match the provision. Everything downstream is assessed against the wrong rulebook.
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An enrichment session is cancelled in November
A weekly enrichment session counted in planned hours is withdrawn after half term. Nobody thinks of it as a funding decision.
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FIS and Submit Learner Data: the submission workflow
When to validate locally, when an actual submission is needed, what each report tells you, and how resubmission works within a collection window.