Employer support fund for T Level industry placements
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Applies to England
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ThisThe guidance explains how the employer support fund willprovides provide financial assistance to employers offering high-quality T Level industry placements between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024. Providers will get an employer support fund allocation. This funding is in addition to what providers already get for T Levels and industry placements.
The guidance explains what providers are responsible for, including:
- validating any claims
- making the payment to the employer
- submitting data on the claims via the data tracking tool
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You’ll need to ask employers to complete an employer declaration form for their costs.
Last updated 28 March 2023 + show all updates
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Updated the employer support fund guidance for providers with more details about how the funding will work, what it can be used for and how to validate employer claims. Added the 'Employer support fund: funding rules'.
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First published.
Update history
2025-12-03 16:52
Updated ‘ESF: guidance for providers and employers’ with information on using invoices as receipts when claiming staff hours and pay.
2025-09-11 13:10
Updated ‘ESF: guidance for providers and employers’ with information on the online claims tool.
2025-08-05 11:00
Updated the guidance with ‘Deadlines for making claims and their corresponding payment dates’ and clarified that the online claims tool will be available in early September 2025. Added the ‘ESF: employer declaration form’.
2025-06-26 15:39
Updated the guidance about the claim amount per student in the section ‘What the fund is intended to be used for’.
2025-06-23 11:00
Updated the guidance for the 2025 to 2026 financial year.
2023-08-11 09:45
Added a link to the data tracking tool.
2023-03-28 13:33
Updated the employer support fund guidance for providers with more details about how the funding will work, what it can be used for and how to validate employer claims. Added the ‘Employer support fund: funding rules’.
2023-02-09 09:30
First published.