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Transparency data: ICT and digital qualifications with removed funding approval

Department For Education

March 14
11:37 2024

The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) withdrew funding approval, for learners aged 16 and above, from qualifications:

  • in the sector subject area (SSA)ICT(except essential digital skills qualifications)
  • in otherSSAs not linked to the application of digital skills for:
    • a specific occupational sector, or
    • a specific entry level job role

We withdrew funding for these qualifications:

  • up to level 1 from August 2021 - this did not include functional skills qualifications (FSQs) in ICT
  • at level 2 from August 2022

We withdrew funding for FSQs in ICT at entry level and level 1 from August 2023.

You can find more information about this in the qualification funding approval manual.

Published 14 March 2024

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