SFA funding update - February 2015

Friday 06 February 2015

Following the publication of the 2015-2016 Funding Catalogue by the SFA, we’ve got an update for you on NCFE’s qualifications that we submitted for inclusion in the 15-16 funding offer. The SFA reviewed our submissions for the following qualifications:

• NCFE Level 1 Award in Graphic Design (500/8454/9)
• NCFE Level 1 Certificate in Performance Skills (500/9177/3)
• NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Hospitality and Catering Principles (Hospitality Services) (601/0417/X)
• NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Principles of Working with Individuals with Learning Disabilities (601/1687/0)
• NCFE Level 2 Certificate In Team Leading Knowledge (600/2029/5)
• NCFE Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Dementia Care (600/6355/5)
• NCFE Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of the Prevention and Control of Infection in Health Care Settings (600/9312/2)
• NCFE Level 3 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care (600/0689/4)
• NCFE Level 3 Diploma in Counselling Skills (600/0727/8)
• NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Understanding the Care and Management of Diabetes (600/9311/0)

As a result of the review, the qualifications have not yet been approved for the 2015-16 session. However, we remain confident that they’ll be funded next session as they are all valued and popular qualifications. We’ll be resubmitting these qualifications to be eligible for funding as soon as we receive feedback from the SFA. The qualifications are already funded in 2014-2015 and will continue to be funded this session. 

Good news

You might have also noticed that some of our 13 credit qualifications have dropped off the funding list. The good news is that we have larger replacements for these qualifications that you can switch to, which are eligible for funding for 2015-16. You can take a look at the qualifications and their replacements below:

What’s more, if you want to start offering these larger replacement qualifications, you already have approval to do this, so there’s no need to fill out any requests at all!

If you have any questions please get in touch [email protected] or call 0191 239 8000.