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What the Skills Funding Agency does?  The Skills Funding Agency is a national organisation with staff based around the country. The main office is in Coventry.  It will distribute about £4billion of funding annually. It is the single agency that all publicly funded post-19 education and training providers will contract with (except Higher Education). A May 2009 DIUS Document outines the "Adult Skills Landscape and the Role of the Skills Funding Agency." Click HERE for a link to the paper. It delivers its remit through 4 Gateways: The National Apprenticeship Service The Employer Skills Services comprising: Train to Gain National Employer Service The Adult Advancement and Careers Service. An ousourced service integrated with Jobcentre Plus and "coherent with services for young people and HE." A Learner Skills Service. A catch-all grouping including FE colleges and private training providers, offender learning, informal adult learning and services arising from the proposals for an integrated employment and skills service for the unemployed The Skills Funding Agency will deliver the following operational functions College/Provider Funding and Commissioning system, including Account Management. Provider Accreditation. Target setting, Performance Monitoring and Intervention. Shared Information Platform / Settlement System. Provider financial assurance and audit. Learner Registration Service, Further Education Data Service, Qualifications and Credit Framework.   Custom Search

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