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New Funding Guidance for the Adult Skills Fund

Following the publication of the DfE's Skills for Jobs: Implementing a New Further Education Funding and Accountability System in July 2023, the ESFA-funded Adult Skills Fund (ASF) has been introduced as a replacement for the ESFA-funded Adult Education Budget (AEB).



New funding guidance has been announced


Much like the AEB, the purpose of the new fund is to support adult learners in non-devolved areas to gain skills to improve their job prospects or progress onto further education and learning.


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