Anicca Skills Bootcamp Learner Application Form
Please ensure you read all the instructions & eligibility criteria before completing this form
1) Contact details
2) Eligibility Questions - this will determine if you are eligible for a free place (these questions are all compulsory)
3) What course are you applying for?
4) Personal information - this is used by the DFE to ensure that the learners are from a diverse group of applicants
Health and Support Needs: You are considered disabled if -
You have a longstanding physical or mental condition or disability that has lasted or is likely to last at least 12 months, and
This condition or disability has a substantial adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities
5) Your current employment status and future aspirations -
If you are currently EMPLOYED, complete section A then section C.If you are currently UNEMPLOYED, complete section B then section C
Section A - Paid Employment
If your weekly hours vary please select the average amount for the previous month
If the answer was Yes to A3 -
About your employer (or your company if you are self-employed)
If the answer to A1 is Self Employed or Employer Supported please complete the following
Your manager
Section B - Not in Paid Employment
C - Benefit status
6) Other details
9) Education & Qualifications - this is used by the DFE to understand learners' current educational level and to monitor any improvements -
11) About your occupation and current role
12) Additional information and permission to contact
Privacy Notice - How We Use Your Personal Information
This privacy notice is issued by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Department of Education (DfE) to inform learners about the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) and how their personal information is used in the ILR. Your personal information is used by the DfE to exercise our functions under article 6(1)(e) of the UK GDPR and to meet our statutory responsibilities, including under the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009. Our lawful basis for using your special category personal data is covered under Substantial Public Interest based in law (Article 9(2)(g)) of GDPR legislation. This processing is under Section 54 of the Further and Higher Education Act (1992).
The ILR collects data about learners and learning undertaken. Publicly funded colleges, training organisations, local authorities, and employers (FE providers) must collect and return the data to the ESFA each year under the terms of a funding agreement, contract or grant agreement. It helps ensure that public money distributed through the ESFA is being spent in line with government targets. It is also used for education, training, employment, and well-being purposes, including research. We retain your ILR learner data for 20 years for operational purposes (e.g. to fund your learning and to publish official statistics). Your personal data is then retained in our research databases until you are aged 80 years so that it can be used for long-term research purposes. For more information about the ILR and the data collected, please see the ILR specification at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/individualised-learner-record-ilr
ILR data is shared with third parties where it complies with DfE data sharing procedures and where the law allows it. The DfE (or agents acting on their behalf) may contact learners to carry out research and evaluation to inform the effectiveness of training.
For more information about how your personal data is used and your individual rights, please see the DfE Personal Information Charter (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/about/personal-information-charter) and the DfE Privacy Notice (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/privacy-notice-for-key-stage-5-and-adult-education)
If you would like to get in touch with DfE or request a copy of the personal information DfE holds about you, please see contact methods here: https://guidance.submit-learner-data.service.gov.uk/24-25/ilr/ilrprivacynotice
Suffolk County Council is the 'Joint Data Controller' with the DfE for the 'Norfolk and Suffolk Skills Bootcamp Programme’ for related personal data and controls and processes personal data under the lawful bases of Article 6 (1) (e) and Article 9 (2) (g) of the European Union 'General Data Protection Regulation' (2016/679) as well as the Data Protection Act 2018.
Learner Declaration:
Please review the Learner Declaration below and confirm at the end of this document that you have read, understood and agreed to the declaration.
Purpose of Skills Bootcamp
I am clear what I will achieve by completing this Skills Bootcamp and agree to attend an interview with an employer (for a job using relevant skills gained from the Skills Bootcamp) arranged for me by Anicca Digital Limited (unless I am self-employed, or learning with the support of my existing employer and they are contributing to the cost).
I confirm this Anicca Digital Skills Bootcamp is the only one I am currently enrolled on and this is the only one I have been enrolled on since 1st April 2025. I have been resident in the UK for three years prior to the first day of my Skills Bootcamp.
Handling of Personal Data
I agree to provide all data and information requested by Department for Education (DfE) to inform evaluation of the Skills Bootcamps programme and I confirm that the information I supply will be true and correct to the best of my knowledge. This data will include:
I agree to provide all data and information requested by the provider on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE) to inform evaluation of the Skills Bootcamps programme. This will include:
Sharing information about my income before the Skills Bootcamp and afterwards when I achieve a positive outcome. A positive outcome is defined as an offer of a new job or an apprenticeship for independent learners, a new role/enhanced role utilising the new skills acquired on the Skills Bootcamp for learners co-funded by an employer or, obtaining new opportunities/contracts for self-employed learners.
I agree that this information can be used to process my data for contractual requirements, in particular to the disclosure of all the data on this form or otherwise collected about me to the DfE for the purposes noted in the Privacy Notice. (attach the signed current DfE learner privacy notice in the contract and privacy Q&A).
Suffolk County Council is the 'Joint Data Controller' with the DfE for the 'Norfolk and Suffolk Skills Bootcamp Programme’ for related personal data and controls and processes personal data under the lawful bases of Article 6 (1) (e) and Article 9 (2) (g) of the European Union 'General Data Protection Regulation' (2016/679) as well as the Data Protection Act 2018. (attach the signed SCC Learner Privacy Notice from the contract)
Personal and related Employment data (if I am employed/self-employed) will be used to fulfil the contractual requirements of the DfE. Data and related claim processing evidence are uploaded to the DfE’s Individual Learner Record platform and Suffolk County Council’s SharePoint system, and accessed by named Suffolk County Council staff.
Skills Bootcamp Programme activity
I will:
Take appropriate responsibility for my own learning, development and progression
Attend and participate in the training required to successfully complete the Skills Bootcamp
Promptly inform Anicca Digital Limited and employer if applicable, if any matters or issues arise, or might arise, that will, or may, affect my learning, development and progression
Respond to and engage with follow-up communications from Anicca Digital Limited following completion of the training component of a Skills Bootcamp, and during the next six months, to record progression as a result of the course
Take responsibility to share evidence requested by [Anicca Digital Limited, to allow Anicca Digital Limited to prove the effectiveness of this Skills Bootcamp to DfE
I understand that Anicca Digital Limited has the right to cancel my enrolment if it is found that I have provided false or inaccurate information.
Complaints Process
If you are not satisfied with any aspect of your Skills Bootcamp and wish to raise a complaint you should do so in the first instance with Anicca Digital Limited by emailing Lucy Hammond, Learner Liaison Manager - [email protected] with full details of your issue. If you are not satisfied with how your complaint has been dealt with you may write to DfE through their Whistleblowing and Complaints process set out below.
Whistleblowing involves entering a 'whistleblowing' webform on the 'Contact the Department for Education' page, which can be found here: Contact the Department for Education - DFE Online Forms. Whistleblowing submissions for Skills Bootcamps must be clearly marked 'Skills Bootcamps'. They will be submitted via the DfE's whistleblowing submission process and will be escalated to the DfE Skills Bootcamps policy team for response.
I confirm that I have read, understand and agree to the learner declaration above and the learner privacy notices supplied: