Find out which Pearson qualifications are eligible for Adult Education Budget, Advanced Learner Loan Budget and Level 3 Free Courses for Jobs offer funding.
Qualifications and units are available in several funding streams to suit different learner requirements.
The Adult Education Budget (AEB) low-wage trial, which started in 2018 to 2019, will continue in 2023 to 2024, enabling providers in receipt of ESFA-funded AEB to fully fund learners who are employed and in receipt of a low wage and cannot contribute towards the cost of co-funding fees. The low-wage threshold has been increased to £18,525.
This means that learners who earn less than £18,525 annual gross salary, and who are eligible for co-funding under local flexibility funding, can be fully funded. The new rule is captured in the eligibility table included in each list.
The Level 3 Free Courses for Jobs offer (part of AEB) aims to help adults without Level 3, or those with a Level 3 who are unemployed or on a low wage, to gain a Level 3 qualification.
Eligible learners can take one short qualification from the Level 3 Free Courses for Jobs offer without exhausting their eligibility. 19-23-year-olds without a Level 3 can choose a qualification from the Level 3 Free Courses for Jobs offer or the AEB 19-23 entitlement list. If a 19–23-year-old completes a qualification that is on both the 19-23 legal entitlement list and the Level 3 Free Courses for Jobs offer they will have exhausted their Level 3 legal entitlement. For 19–23-year-olds, the Level 3 Free Courses for Jobs offer is funded through the AEB.
See the ESFA Adult Funding Rules 2023/24 for further information.
Our easy-to-use funding qualification search gives you instant access to our large portfolio of eligible qualifications across a variety of sectors. To confirm any qualification-funding eligibility, check the desired qualification against our full funding list.
If you’re already an approved centre, you just need to gain qualification approval in order to offer one of these funded qualifications. To find out how, talk to your account manager or see our qualifications approval page. If you are not yet a centre, but wish to be, please contact us.
Get a downloadable data file of our full AEB, ALLB and Level 3 Free Courses for Jobs offer eligible qualifications for 2023/24.
View and download our funded 2023/24 qualifications list as separate PDF documents for each sector.
View our guide to the Adult Education Budget, Advanced Learner Loan Budget and Level 3 Free Courses for Jobs offer 2023/24.
Our expert team are on hand to answer your Adult Education Funding questions.