From 1st August 2024, revised funding rules bring additional flexibilities and opportunities for providers to better support their apprentices with learning difficulties or disabilities.
Apprenticeship providers often lack confidence in claiming Learning Support Funding (LSF) but the August changes should result in more providers generating the additional revenue they are entitled to as well as being able to apply new functional skills flexibilities for apprentices with special educational needs, learning difficulties or disabilities which should promote increased completions and retention.
That’s why we’ve created this support package, to examine the rules and evidence needed to apply learning support in 2024/25 but also use our experience of delivering outstanding quality to demonstrate solutions that make a real difference to the apprentice and provider experience.
This package builds on our incredibly popular 2023/24 webinar session, with significant new content and learning resources to help practitioners develop their support systems. This will bring you up to date with rules but spend most time on how these can be implemented including changes like the timing of support reviews and, most importantly, flexibilities on the required level of functional skills that may be applicable for an individual with a learning difficulty or disability.
Demonstrating a thorough understanding of the rules and giving best practice guidance on how to support a claim, we’ll take you through:
- The 24/25 Funding Rules for learning support and the key changes from 2023/24
- The foundations of learning support infrastructure
– Screening for learning difficulties and disabilities
– Needs Assessment
– Support Planning
– Support Review - Applying the 2024/25 functional skills flexibilities
- Funding claim controls and using the Earnings Adjustment Statement
- Funding Compliance management
Delegates will receive a handbook featuring activities that further develop learning as well as a learning support structure compliance action plan.
Our package options also include document templates for meeting 2024/25 funding rules and consultancy on a one to one basis.
About your session
David Lockhart-Hawkins, SDN’s funding and compliance expert, has developed this support.
After working in the sector for over 20 years, David has supported hundreds of providers to establish effective compliance systems. His in-depth understanding of funding and wider apprenticeship delivery gives him a unique insight into compliance across the organisation.
The session has been designed for those involved in apprenticeship compliance and learner support e.g. Operation Managers, Learning Support Managers, trainers and administration managers.
“David’s knowledge and expertise is unparalleled.”
– Event attendee
Booking and payment:
If you’re a public sector body (e.g. Local Authority), and unable to book via card, please email us. When you make a booking, you agree to these Terms and Conditions (including those who request a booking via email and invoice)
SDN CPD is designed for Government funded Training Providers. If you’re not a Government funded Training Provider but are still interested in attending please email events@strategicdevelopmentnetwork.co.uk to discuss your attendance in more detail before booking.
Recordings & consultancy package
- Recorded webinars (4 hours CPD)
- Detailed slide packs
- Delegate Handbook
- Learning support structure compliance action plan
- 1-hour consultancy call David to review your challenges/approach to learner support
Individual ticket – £300.00 (+VAT)
Group ticket, open recording (Max 4 attendees to attend the call) – £450.00 (+VAT)
Recorded webinars, full template & consultancy package
- Recorded webinars (4 hours CPD)
- Detailed slide packs
- Delegate Handbook
- Learning support structure compliance action plan
- 1-hour consultancy call David to review your challenges/approach to learner support
- Learning support plan
- Needs assessment summary
- On programme support request form
- Learning support review form
Individual ticket – £650.00 (+VAT)
Group ticket, open recording (Max 4 attendees to attend the call) – £750.00 (+VAT)