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.

Costs and packagesRecordings & 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)

Payment

To keep prices down, payment for the masterclass must be made online via credit card (book below). If you are a public sector body (e.g. Local Authority) who is unable to book via card, please email us on: events@strategicdevelopmentnetwork.co.uk

Terms and Conditions

The Terms and Conditions (including our refund policy) for SDN courses, events and webinars can be found here. When you make a booking, you agree to these Terms and Conditions (including those who request a booking via email and invoice)

Any questions, please email: events@strategicdevelopmentnetwork.co.uk

Recorded package - Claiming apprenticeship LSF with confidence 2024/25