Just to add, we're finding that it's tending to take at least three months for qualification accreditation extensions to work their way through the system and onto LARA. This includes Section 96 approval for pre-19 and the various approval processes SFA operate for post-19. All qualifications have to go through this process, although it's slightly frustrating in the case of a qualification like ESOL Skills for Life where size/scope/purpose is the same across all awarding organisations, and where both agencies have already clarified elsewhere the basis on which they will continue to fund these qualifications.
Another complication with ESOL SfL was the uncertainty about whether the extension until 2013 could include Level 1 and 2. Awarding organisations only received firm confirmation from Ofqual that they could extend these qualifications at the beginning of July, so it's not too surprising that they're not all yet all displayed correctly on LARA.
Awarding organisations have little direct control over how long this process works, and it isn't always easy to predict - eg in our case (City & Guilds), some ESOL SfL quals are currently showing on LARA as approved for 16-18 but not for adults. We are following this up, and we know it will get sorted out, although I appreciate this can be difficult to work with when curriculum planners are so used LARA being the definitive guide to what can/can't be funded.
In the case of ESOL Skills for Life (and for that matter Entry level Adult Literacy/Numeracy, which has also been extended until August 2013), the Ofqual Register of Regulated Qualifications is actually more accurate and up-to-date guide to what is/isn't available. Because these are a defined qualification type, funding rate/eligibility will be the same regardless of AO - even if it takes a bit of time for LARA to catch up with this.
Paul
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