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Scenario

A qualification is withdrawn part way through the year

A qualification the college is delivering stops being available for new starts. Existing learners continue, new ones cannot.

Funding year2026–27Awaiting verificationSee the sourcesReport an issue

The situation

Aim
A regulated qualification being delivered to several cohorts
Change
The aim's funding end date passes during the year
Question
What happens to existing and to new learners

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What is the position?

The rules behind this

Official requirement

The funding model recorded against a learning delivery determines which funding rules, which calculation and which reports apply to it.

FEFunding explanation

A funding rule is only ever true for a stated funding year. Carrying an answer from one year into another, without checking, is one of the most common causes of an incorrect claim.

Sources

These are the official documents this page rests on. Where a figure, a deadline or an exact rule matters, the document is the authority and this page is the explanation.

Adult Skills Fund funding and performance management rules 2026 to 2027 (opens in a new tab)

GOV.UKOfficial funding document2026–27Awaiting first verification

Advice: funding rules for 16 to 19 provision 2026 to 2027 (opens in a new tab)

GOV.UKOfficial funding document2026–27Awaiting first verification

ILR specification 2026 to 2027 (opens in a new tab)

Department for EducationOfficial technical document2026–27Awaiting first verification

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