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Scenario

A learner's age puts them in the wrong stream

A learner's age at the start of their aim determines which stream can fund them. A date of birth error moves them.

Funding year2026–27Awaiting verificationSee the sourcesReport an issue

The situation

Learner
Close to the age boundary between streams
Recorded
On adult provision
Question
Whether their age at the aim start date supports it

Constructed for teaching. No scenario in the Academy contains real learner data, and none ever will.

What decides it?

The rules behind this

Official requirement

Adult Skills Fund eligibility depends on the learner's age, residency and circumstances, and the provider must hold evidence of eligibility before funding is claimed.

Official requirement

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

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 regulations for post-16 provision (opens in a new tab)

GOV.UKOfficial funding documentAwaiting first verification

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

Department for EducationOfficial technical document2026–27Awaiting first verification

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