ESFA Funded Qualifications

ABMA Education ESFA Funded Qualifications

We are delighted to be able to say that the UK’s Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) have approved the following ABMA Education qualifications to receive Advanced Learner Loans:

This approval will make our qualifications more accessible to learners looking to further their employment prospects by undertaking a regulated qualification.

View Funded Qualifications

All qualifications that receive public funding are listed on the Hub:

https://hub.fasst.org.uk/Pages/default.aspx

The Advanced Leaner Loans Qualifications Catalogue, however, lists all the qualifications that are approved to receive Advanced Learner Loans:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advanced-learner-loans-qualifications-catalogue

Both these resources publish the maximum loan amounts that are available for each approved qualification.

Becoming an Approved Loans Provider

In order to receive funding, providers must appear on the ESFA’s Register of Training Organisations.

Please visit GOV.UK at:

www.gov.uk/guidance/24-advanced-learning-loans-an-overview

for more information for how centres and training providers can apply to become an approved loans provider.

Advanced Learner Loans Funding Rules

Once on the approved Register of Training Organisaitons, providers must comply with the funding rules in order to be eligible to receive funding.

Please visit GOV.UK at:

www.gov.uk/guidance/24-advanced-learning-loans-an-overview

for the latest funding rules and learner eligibility.

How Learners can Apply for Advanced Learner Loans

In order to receive Advanced Learner Loans, learners must apply directly to Student Finance England.

In order to complete the loan application, providers should issue learners a funding information letter which contains all the information the leaner needs.

Providers should visit GOV.UK at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/24-advanced-learning-loans-funding-information-letter-templates

to access the funding information letter templates.

Learners should visit GOV.UK at:

https://www.gov.uk/advanced-learner-loan/how-to-apply

for more information for how to Apply for advanced Learner Loans.