- Qualifications
- By type
- Vocational Qualifications (QCF)
- Funding process
Funding process
These timescales refer specifically to the funding of learners undertaking QCF qualifications that are funded under the remit of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA).
The SFA allocate funding based upon the many funding streams that exist through various programmes (such as Apprenticeships, Adult Safeguarded Learning, Offender Learning, Train to Gain etc).
More information can be found on the SFA website.
Qualification confirmed as vocational and added to the QCF
Qualification recommended for funding by Sector Skills Council (SSC)
The SFA Operational Approvals Group considers the qualification for funding against the agency's funding parameters. The approval process takes three weeks once notified by the Sector Skills Council
The SFA Strategic Approvals Panel confirms qualifications and considers exceptions – the approval process takes three weeks once notified by the Sector Skills Council
Qualification appears on confirmation funding spreadsheet, which is updated fortnightly
Qualification appears on Learning Aims Database (LAD). This takes approximately two weeks once the qualification has appeared on the QCF published list
