Post-16 and Construction Skills Capacity Funding: 2026 to 2030 in Non-devolved Areas
Closing Date: 17/04/2026
The Department for Education is offering £287 million in England through a unified bidding round combining Post‑16 Capacity Funding and Construction Skills Capacity Funding, enabling eligible providers outside Strategic Authority areas to expand education and training capacity.
The core objectives of the P16CF are:
- To provide additional capacity in 16-19 providers, where there is due to be a demographic increase in learners and there is not enough existing capacity to accommodate that increase.
- To ensure that provision to be delivered through the additional capacity created supports the development of skills needed for local and national growth and is reflective of learner demand as set out in the Skills White Paper.
- To do so in the most efficient and sustainable way possible, to ensure value for money in the investment of public funds, and to support the Education Estates Strategic Aims.
For the CSCF the core objectives are:
- To increase construction skills provision to address waiting lists for construction courses.
- To meet the skills needs of employers and contribute to our goal of 60,000 additional construction workers by the end of the Parliament to support Government commitments.
| Funding body | Department for Education (DfE) |
|---|---|
| Maximum value | £5,000,000 |
| Reference ID | S55101 |
| Category | Business Support Education, Employment & Training Community Development |
| Fund or call | Fund |