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Secondary Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of differences in levels of funding between 14-16-year-old students who undertake their Key Stage 4 education at a (a) main

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
21 Jan 2025
Answer
31 Jan 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of differences in levels of funding between 14-16-year-old students who undertake their Key Stage 4 education at a (a) main

  2. 21 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 31 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Further education (FE) and sixth form colleges are able to enrol students aged 14 to 16 on a full time study programme and receive funding from the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA). If they wish to do so, colleges need to meet specific criteria,...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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