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We will take a download of data from Ofquals Register of Regulated Qualifications on the second to last Tuesday in the month before the reviews scheduled for the following month.

During the moratorium, we will only review the following on a termly basis:

• qualifications submitted as exemptions at level 3 or below in the offers for 16 to 19, ESFA funded AEB (including local flexibility and the statutory entitlements), loans and ESF
• qualifications we approve for loans from level 4 to level 6
• qualifications at level 4 to level 6 that you ask us to consider approving for 16 to 19
• qualifications approved for 14 to 16
• English and maths stepping stones qualifications requests

The table shows the deadline for each termly review, up to and including July 2024. The deadline for updated stepping stones forms and Level 4 to 6 notification forms and moratorium exemption forms is 5pm on the dates stated.

The deadline for all reviews includes moratorium exemption forms, updated stepping stone forms, level 4 to 6 notification forms, funding rate reviews and decision reviews.

The March 2024 termly funding approval cycle is the last time we will accept applications for new qualifications to be funded in the advanced learner loans offer. After this there will be a moratorium on entry into this offer, read the lifelong loan entitlement section.

For the level 3 free courses for jobs, we operate a slightly different review timetable. For the 2023 to 2024 funding year, we will consider qualifications for free courses for jobs at the following points:

• September 2023 (with outcomes communicated in December 2023)
• April 2024 (with outcomes communicated in July 2024)

You must email the completed forms to Qualifications.APPROVAL@education.gov.uk before 5pm on:

• 18 September 2023 for the September 2023 window
• 22 April 2024 for the April 2024 window

We will continue to manage our offers by monitoring changes to qualifications data on the Ofqual register on a monthly basis.