Useful links to resources and guidance for the post-16 sector

Careers course directory updated in November:
National Careers Service: course directory

SEND funding updates:
High needs funding arrangements: 2026 to 2027 and High needs funding
High needs benchmarking tool
Providing supported internships for young people with an EHC plan

Revenue funding:
16 to 18 qualifications: discount codes and point scores
16 to 19 education and skills funding
16 to 19 allocation data: 2025 to 2026
T Level funding
Adult education and skills funding
Apprenticeship funding rules and assessment plan guidance, 2025 to 2026

Grant funding:
Complete the Care to Learn and 16 to 19 Bursary Fund for defined vulnerable groups funding claim

The lifelong learning entitlement for 2026-27:
Lifelong learning entitlement (LLE): overview

New bite-size guides to reclassification of colleges:
Bite-size guides to aid colleges in meeting new requirements following reclassification

New college financial handbook: College financial handbook

Initial teacher education bursary:
FE funding: initial teacher education bursary, 2025 to 2026
Initial teacher training (ITT): criteria and accompanying advice

Higher technical qualifications: Higher technical qualifications: provider toolkit

CiF and capital funding:
Schools and colleges: apply for the condition improvement fund
Schools and colleges: apply for urgent capital support

Strategic oversight, financial planning, and governance guide:
College oversight, improvement and intervention
Help and support for colleges
New college support teams to raise standards and drive growth
College financial planning handbook and CFFR
Further education corporations and sixth-form college corporations: governance guide