The Qualifications and Credit Framework

These pages are part of the Skills Funding Agency website, and provide a one-stop-shop for everything you need to know about the Qualifications and Credit Framework. If you would like to visit our main website, please follow this link...

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The Qualifications and Credit Framework is a new way of recognising achievement through the award of credit for the achievement of units and qualifications. It provides a simple and rational organising framework that presents learner achievement and qualifications in a way that is easy to understand, measure and compare. It gives individuals the opportunity to learn in a more flexible way and enables a wider range of organisations, including employers, to have their training recognised.

Qualifications and Credit Framework - Revised Funding Confirmation Process

A short briefing is available which summarises the Skills Funding Agency’s revised qualification funding confirmation process with effect from February 2012.

This process provides a simpler and quicker process for confirming qualifications for funding for post-19 learners in England, and was developed after consultation with provider representative bodies and other key partners and stakeholders.

The process also supports a broader QCF offer for providers to deliver through the single Adult Skills Budget.