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Guidance on DfE's post-16 funding assurance process for further education and new apprenticeship providers.
Summary This document presents an overview of the Department for Education…
Overview This guidance raises awareness of the common post-16 funding…
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) closed on 31 March 2025.…
A tool that helps smaller learning providers get the right structure for their individualised learner record (ILR) files.
Details of individualised learner record (ILR) data collection periods, proposed essential maintenance windows and planned learning aims reference data updates.
This table sets out: individualised learner record (ILR) data collection…
Letters issued by the Department for Education (DfE) and the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) to academy trusts with a notice to improve.
Guidance, allocations and conditions of grant for pre-16 schools funding.
Information for local authorities, schools and colleges about high needs funding arrangements.
Guidance for the FE sector in England to help them meet ‘Managing Public Money’ requirements, and other obligations resulting from reclassification.
The Funding Information Service (FIS) is an offline tool for checking your individualised learner record (ILR) data.
A list of allocated high needs place numbers to help collaboration between local authorities and institutions.
Information for schools, colleges, local authorities and independent learning providers about 16 to 19 funding arrangements.
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