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DfE Update

Our weekly newsletter containing actions and information for DfE-funded organisations.

DfE Update (formerly ESFA Update) contains the latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.

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The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) closed on 31 March 2025. As part of the closure ESFA Update has been renamed DfE Update. You can find previous editions on the ESFA Update collection page.

2025

Updates to this page

Published 2 April 2025
Last updated 15 October 2025 show all updates
  1. 15 October update added

  2. added DfE update 8 October 2025

  3. 1 October 2025 update added

  4. 24 September update added

  5. 17 September DfE update added

  6. 10 September DfE update added

  7. 3 September update added

  8. 27 August update added

  9. 6 August 2025 DfE Update added

  10. DfE Update 30 July 2025 added

  11. DfE update 23 July 2025 added

  12. 16 July DfE update added

  13. DfE update 9 July 2025 added

  14. DfE update 2 July 2025 has been published

  15. DfE Update 25 June 2025 added

  16. DfE update 18 June added

  17. DfE Update 11 June 2025 has been added to the collection list

  18. Added: DfE Update: 4 June 2025

  19. Published: DfE Update 28 May 2025

  20. Added: DfE Update: 21 May 2025

  21. Added: DfE Update 14 May 2025

  22. DfE Update 7 May 2025 has been added.

  23. DfE Update 30 April has been added.

  24. Added 'DfE Update: 23 April 2025'

  25. Added 'DfE Update: 9 April 2025'.

  26. First published.