ESFA Update academies: 3 April 2024
Published 3 April 2024
Applies to England
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Information: time off timetable for early career teachers and mentors who participated in the national roll-out of the early career framework – updated conditions of grant
Education Skills and Funding Agency (ESFA) has published updated funding for time off timetable for early career teachers (ECT) and mentors who participated in the national roll-out of the early career framework (ECF) reforms conditions of grant.
Allocation payments for 2024 will be made to local authorities for maintained schools and directly to academies from the end of the academic year 2023 to 2024.
If you don’t have a training provider or have any queries, please contact us via continuing-professional-development@digital.education.gov.uk.
Information: backfill payments for time off timetable for ECF mentor training – updated conditions of grant for 2023 to 2024
ESFA has published updated backfill payments for time off timetable for ECF mentor training (national roll out) condtions of grant for academic year 2023 to 2024.
Allocation payments for 2024 will be made to local authorities for maintained schools and directly to academies from the end of the academic year 2023 to 2024.
If you don’t have a training provider or have any queries, please contact continuing-professional-development@digital.education.gov.uk.
Information: national non-domestic rates claim form for academies and academy trusts and accompanying guidance has been published
The national non-domestic rates (NNDR) claim portal for academies is now live.
The submission deadline for claims is 11:59pm on Friday 31 January 2025. ESFA has also published accompanying NNDR academy guidance which provides details on how to claim for NNDR and to help you access and complete the form.
If you have questions after reading our guidance, or if there’s anything else you need help with, you can find more support in our customer help centre.
Information: final pupil premium allocations for 2023 to 2024 have been published
We have now published the final pupil premium allocations for the 2023 to 2024 financial year.
As usual, the school level pupil premium allocations published on GOV.UK are only the deprivation FSM6 element of the allocations. Schools can confirm all the pupils included in the ESFA allocation and which element of funding they attract via the Get Information About Pupils (GIAP) site. GIAP can be accessed via DfE sign in.
Further instructions can be found on the pupil premium page linked above.
Information: all general annual grant allocations for 2024 to 2025 have been issued
We have now issued all general annual grant (GAG) allocations for 2024 to 2025 for those academies open prior to February 2024. The allocation statements are available to view and download on document exchange in the ‘Documents received from ESFA’ section.
Allocation statements for academies opening between February 2024 and March 2024 will be issued by the end of April 2024.
Information: the Buying for Schools summer term webinar schedule is open for bookings
Are you responsible for buying goods and services for your school?
The Schools Commercial team host free webinars on how using approved frameworks could save you time and help your school or trust get value for money. Visit the get help buying for schools to find out more and book your place. In our latest Buying for Schools blog post, Lisa Jones, Director of Finance and Resources for the Consortium Trust, shares her experience of using Get help buying for schools to buy cleaning services for 7 of the 11 schools in her trust.
Read Lisa’s blog post in full on GOV.UK.
Information: Academy Finance Professionals April Power Hour
Join us on Thursday 18 April from 3pm to 4pm, to learn more about Cyber Security Check for Schools. This is a free interactive tool helping schools to review and improve their cyber and information security policy and practice as well as self-assess their current provision.
The team will present an overview of:
- current cyber threats currently facing the school sector
- demonstration of CyberSecure Check and its benefits
- how CyberSecure Check can help baseline, monitor progress, allowing schools to understand their own cyber resilience levels
- question and answer opportunity at the end of the session
Information: Teacher Mentoring Programme
The Department for Education (DfE) is delighted to announce that applications for the third cohort of the Teacher Mentoring Programme (TMP) in further education (FE) are now open.
The cohort training begins on Monday 6 May 2024 and will run until Friday 19 July 2024. Delivered by Cognition Learning Group, eligible FE providers can apply for an optional grant of up to £5,000 per participating mentor. You can enrol up to 5 mentors for a total grant amount of £25,000.
This grant may be used as remission funding to allow both new and advanced mentors and ECT mentees to participate in mentoring activities.
Visit the TMP website to find out more about the programme and express your interest. Applicants who have already expressed an interest can now complete the main application form.
If you have any questions, email tmpenquiries@cognitioneducation.com.