Accessing Learning Support Funding for Apprentices .
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Give learners the personalised support they need and access dedicated funding to deliver it. By identifying hidden learning needs through our cognitive assessment, you can claim Learning Support Funding from day one, turning insights into impact and income.
Cognassist can be used to identify learners who need support while also acting as the source of evidence needed to claim LSF to fund the work you are doing to support learners who need bespoke support. Through the comprehensive learner report and personalised tutor and learner strategies, Cognassist provides the evidence-based framework required to have confidence in your compliance and eliminate any potential for funding clawback.
“Learning support funding is available to meet the costs of putting in place reasonable adjustments.”
(DfE, 2023)
Apprentices identified with challenges through assessments are eligible for LSF, which provides £150 per month to cover the costs of reasonable adjustments. To claim LSF you need to:
Cognassist supports at every step of this journey. Our cognitive assessment learner report is sufficient evidence of a learning need that requires ongoing support. Post-assessment the learner and tutor are given AI-enhanced learning and support strategies which help create that support plan.
Latest DfE figures (as of April 2025) show that 24.8% of adult learners have a cognitive difficulty from which they would benefit from support (source)
Learning Support Funding (LSF) is government funding (DfE via the ESFA) available to education and training providers to help support apprentices who have a learning challenge or disability that affects their ability to complete their program. It provides up to £150 per month per eligible learner to cover the cost of reasonable adjustments and additional support.
Only if you fail to show sufficient evidence and/or retain the evidence should you be audited. As long as you retain the evidence of the support you are providing via Cognassist to your learners then you can have confidence that you are compliant and not at risk of clawback.
Yes there is a complete and thorough scientific technical manual. This can be reviewed by prospective organisations considering implementing Cognassist upon request.
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Stephanie Taylor
Learning Support, Safeguarding and Inclusion Manager, Hawk Training
The real difference has been having it embedded at the very start. Learners that have really engrossed themselves into it from the beginning have seen the power of it and it’s been able to support them, not only in their work but around their life and dealing with different areas. We found that with our functional skills as well.
Nick Preston
Head of Quality and Education, Educationwise Academy
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